Anatomy of a Shipwreck: The Tug “Celtic” and Its Barge “Cape Race”

By Robert Bachand

Since the early days of our Nation, Long Island Sound has always served as a vital waterway for commercial and some military traffic. During some years, as many as 1,900 barges are towed...

Ask Capt. Gary by Capt. Gary Joyce

Well, the 2016-17 scallop season started off back in November with a … whimper, and we weren’t the only ones who couldn’t find a commercially viable surfeit of the tasty critters. Up side? There were plenty of just-too-small scallops a...

Big Cypress Swamp: A Watery Wilderness

By Terry Conway

Call it America’s Amazon. A place of immense natural beauty with orchid species and bromeliads (air plants) everywhere. Stillness and serenity reign.

The Big Cypress National Preserve is a mosaic of open saw...