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Kate contributes to a wide variety of publications covering the Chesapeake's history, culture, and environment. Read examples of her work below.

Portfolio of published work:

Gamechanger: Baltimore Ultra-Swimmer Katie Pumphrey’s Epic Bay Swim. Baltimore Magazine, September 2024.

Island Hopping the Chesapeake’s Barrier Isles. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, August 2024.

Millions of Peaches: A Delmarva Legacy. Edible Delmarva, Summer 2024.

Smith Island: The Most Beautiful Place You’ve Never Been. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, June 2024.

Well Curated: The Magic of Baltimore’s Museum Gift Shops. Baltimore Magazine, February 2024.

The Bay’s Elusive, Enigmatic Eel. The Chesapeake Log, January 2024.

Gamechanger: CBF’s Hilary Harp Falk. Baltimore Magazine, December 2023.

A Place at the Table: Belonging, Memory and Oyster Stew. Edible Delmarva, Winter 2023.

Tomato Time: The Story of Tomato Packing in the Chesapeake. Edible Delmarva, July 2023.

Gamechanger: TikTok Crabber Luke McFadden. Baltimore Magazine, June 2023.

The Wandering, Walkabout Winnie Estelle. Chesapeake Log, Spring/ Summer 2023.

Gamechanger: WRNR’s Michael Buckley. Baltimore Magazine, May 2023.

Family, Legacy and Lettuce at Red Acres Hydroponics. Edible Delmarva, April 2023.

Party Animals. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, March 2023.

Four Winter Walks. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, December 2022.

Making Merry in Maryland with Foodways Historian Kara Mae Harris. Edible Delmarva, Winter 2022.

Stanley Vansant: A Kent County Boat Builder of the Chesapeake’s Golden Age. Chesapeake Log, December 2022.

The Big Scrapple. Edible Delmarva, October 2022.

Maryland Dove: What’s Old is New Again. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, September 2022.

High Summer at the County Fair. Edible Delmarva, July 2022.

Drawn to Nature: The Joy of Chesapeake Nature Journaling. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, July 2022.

Dam Right: The Bloede Dam Removal and the Chesapeake’s Forgotten First Fishery. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, May 2022.

Diving Deep with Baltimore’s Privy Jumpers. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, March 2022.

Finding Fiddleheads, Picking Pawpaws: Chesapeake Foraging for Beginners. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, February, 2022.

The Heart of the Eastern Shore: Chesapeake Heartland Project Puts Kent County Black History on the Map. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, January, 2022.

Life of the Party. Edible Delmarva, December/ January, 2022.

Cultivating Change: Minorities in Aquaculture. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, November, 2021.

Carving Out A Legacy. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, November, 2021.

Team Effort: Shipwrights of the Maryland Dove. Chesapeake Log, Fall 2021.

The Big Joy of a Little Old Boat. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, October, 2021.

Hands On, Feet Wet: Exploring the Bay with Washington College’s Chesapeake Semester. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, September, 2021.

Wild, Windswept Assateague. Edible Delmarva, High Summer, 2021.

Third Time’s The Charm: The ‘Maryland Dove’ Takes Shape at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, July 1, 2021.

Chester River Seafood: Building an American Business on Chesapeake Crabs. Edible Delmarva, May 2021.

License to Eel. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, April, 2021.

Celebrating the Delmarvelous: the Art of Erick Sahler. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, March 1, 2021.

Foraging for Fiddleheads, Rambling for Dandelions. Edible Delmarva, March 20, 2021.

Spinning Through the Shutdown: Making Do with the Shipwrights of Maryland Dove. Chessapeake Log, Winter 2021.

A Ride on the Wild Side: Exploring Blackwater by Bicycle. Chesapeake Bay Journal, November 4, 2020.

Rock of Ages: Rockfish Season on the Eastern Shore. Edible Delmarva, October 29, 2020.

Homecoming: The Retriever Bar. Edible Delmarva, May 11, 2020.

Countryside, Community, Celebration: Casa Carmen Wines. Edible Delmarva, February 29, 2020.

Classic Dove: Building at Ship and a Team at Jim Richardson’s Boat Yard. Chesapeake Log, Winter 2020.

Four Walls and a Roof for Wood Ducks. Shore Monthly, November, 2019.

Port of Call: Embark on an Epicurean Getaway to Portland, Maine. Baltimore Magazine, October 2019.

From Shipwrecks to Wood Sourcing: the Research and Development of the Maryland Dove. Chesapeake Log, Fall 2019.

#2’s: Trotlining for Crabs on the Chesapeake. Edible Communities, August 2019.

Fine Day for a Field Trip. Shore Monthly, August 2019.

Most Savory Shad: Delmarva’s Taste of Spring. Edible Delmarva, May 2019.

Hungry to Learn: The Eastern Shore Food Lab at Washington College. Edible Delmarva, Spring 2019.

The Dove: Maritime Mythbusting with the Original Company Truck. Chesapeake Log, Spring/Summer 2019.

A Winter Waterfowl Weekend. Maryland Tourism, Fish & Hunt, Winter 2018

Friendship, Communion, Food: Waterfowl at the Chesapeake Winter Table. Edible Delmarva, Winter 2018.

Tidewater Tidings. Baltimore Magazine, December 2018.

Building Towards the Future: the Evolution of Edna Lockwood’s Restoration Team. Chesapeake Log, Fall 2018.

Orchard Point Oysters: Small Farm, Mighty Determined. Edible Delmarva, September 2018.

American Idyll: Leveling Up at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. Baltimore Magazine, August 2018.

Three Perfect Paddles: Finding Nature and Solitude on Kent County’s Waterways. Shore Monthly, August 2018.

By the Shore Baltimore Magazine, July 2018.

Three Eastern Shore Towns to Visit This Summer.  Chesapeake Family Magazine, June 2018.

A Full Plate: Chester River Wine & Cheese. Edible Delmarva, June 2018.

Long Live the Queen: The Restoration of the Edna Lockwood. Chesapeake Log, Spring/ Summer 2018.

St. Brigid's Farm: Raising Steaks and Standards on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Edible Delmarva, December 2017.

Cambridge's RAR: Keeping it Local, Keeping it Real. Edible Delmarva, September 2017.

Red, Ripe and Rich! The Canned Tomato Industry of Maryland, 1880–1950. Chesapeake Log, Fall 2017.

24 Hours in Cambridge.  Chesapeake Bay Magazine, August 2017.

Oysters 101: Five Tips From An Oyster Expert. Edible Delmarva, March 2017.

Tolchester Beach: Coney Island of the Chesapeake. Chesapeake Bay Magazine, March 2017.

If You Love Waterfowl, You Love Waterfowlers. Chesapeake Bay Journal News Service, November 2016.

Chestertown Raft Race Paddles to Infamy. Kent County News, May 5, 2016.

Yard Patrol Boats: the Navy's Floating Wooden Classrooms. Wooden Boat Magazine, issue 249, March/ April 2016

A Cultivated Chesapeake. Chesapeake Log, November, 2015.

Jay Fleming: Photographing the Once and Future Bay. Chesapeake Log, June 2015.

Carvers At The Crossroads. Chesapeake Log, October 2014.

Showboat Days Are Here Again: The James Adams Floating Theatre. Chesapeake Log, March 2014.

A Rising of an Early Moon: the Burning of the 'City of Baltimore.' Chesapeake Log, October 2013,

A Whale of a Time. Chesapeake Log, June, 2013.

Navigating Freedom: the War of 1812 on the Chesapeake. Chesapeake Log, March, 2013.

Beauty Under the Old Bay. Chesapeake Log, June, 2015.

A Season For Bay Oysters. Chesapeake Bay Journal, August, 2013.

The Two Chesapeakes. Chesapeake Bay Journal, April, 2014.

Growing Oyster Connoisseurship, One Brand at a Time. Chesapeake Bay Journal, December 2013.

Eating Our way To An Invasive-Free Bay. Chesapeake Bay Journal, July 2013.

Spring’s Most Savory Species. Chesapeake Bay Journal, April 2013.