Tom Wisner chose a fine April afternoon to slip from his hospice bed in southern Maryland. Redbud and shadbush were abloom and the last of winter's tundra swans were pulling out for Alaskan nesting grounds. Rockfish swelling with roe and milt were thrusting up tributary rivers; blue crabs down...

State says striped bass may carry skin disease April 6, 2006 Following an outbreak of a skin disease in striped bass from Chesapeake Bay that can also affect humans, state officials are asking local anglers to keep an eye out as the popular game fish approaches local waters in the next few...