Rona Kobell, writing in the current edition of The Bay Journal <http://www.bayjournal.com/article/new_practices_mulled_to_thwart_bird_die_offs_at_poplar_island?utm_source=Chesapeake+Bay+News&utm_campaign=50ec4a931f-Chesapeake_Bay_News4_23_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_71ced15df1-50ec4a931f-61676821>, describes the multiple secondary problems that arise from the successful “restoration” of Poplar Island in the middle Chesapeake.

These issues are not trivial, easily foretold, or cost-free to solve, but they are vital to the long term health of the ecosystems in which we are partners.