Mattawoman Creek

Bonnie Bick

Southern Maryland environmental activist Bonnie Bick and her allies won a major victory when they defeated a highway project that would have brought sprawling suburban development to the forests and wetlands around Mattawoman Creek, one of the most fertile fish breeding grounds in the Chesapeake Bay region. But efforts to stop sprawl in Charles County triggered a fierce backlash from the development lobby.

Our monthly show with Rona Kobell of the Chesapeake Bay Journal. This time: Turning manure into energy, the legal battle over pollution from chicken farms, and a story about a place where there's been progress in the ongoing efforts to save the bay -- up beautiful Mattawoman Creek.