Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary in Calvert County, Md.
In 1942, local African American carpenter Clarence Bowen built this tenant house on what was farmland using wood from a sawmill he owned nearby. Seen on Oct. 12, 2014, it was sold by the Gray family and used to grow tobacco in the 1970s before being incorporated into Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary, which had been established by the Nature Conservancy in Prince Frederick, Md. Tobacco was the "money crop" of Southern Maryland but required heavy use of fertilizers, pesticides, and soil cultivation. Returning this less productive land to a natural state reduced runoff pollution going into the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
USAGE REQUEST INFORMATION
The Chesapeake Bay Program's photographic archive is available for media and non-commercial use at no charge. To request permission, send an email briefly describing the proposed use to requests@chesapeakebay.net. Please do not attach jpegs. Instead, reference the corresponding Flickr URL of the image.
A photo credit mentioning the Chesapeake Bay Program is mandatory. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in any way that suggests approval or endorsement of the Chesapeake Bay Program. Requestors should also respect the publicity rights of individuals photographed, and seek their consent if necessary.
Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary in Calvert County, Md.
In 1942, local African American carpenter Clarence Bowen built this tenant house on what was farmland using wood from a sawmill he owned nearby. Seen on Oct. 12, 2014, it was sold by the Gray family and used to grow tobacco in the 1970s before being incorporated into Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary, which had been established by the Nature Conservancy in Prince Frederick, Md. Tobacco was the "money crop" of Southern Maryland but required heavy use of fertilizers, pesticides, and soil cultivation. Returning this less productive land to a natural state reduced runoff pollution going into the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
USAGE REQUEST INFORMATION
The Chesapeake Bay Program's photographic archive is available for media and non-commercial use at no charge. To request permission, send an email briefly describing the proposed use to requests@chesapeakebay.net. Please do not attach jpegs. Instead, reference the corresponding Flickr URL of the image.
A photo credit mentioning the Chesapeake Bay Program is mandatory. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in any way that suggests approval or endorsement of the Chesapeake Bay Program. Requestors should also respect the publicity rights of individuals photographed, and seek their consent if necessary.