{"id":24138,"date":"2022-02-02T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=24138"},"modified":"2022-02-02T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T20:23:12","slug":"march-1-2022-programs-life-in-the-chesapeake-bay-tangier-island-with-irene-sacilotto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/march-1-2022-programs-life-in-the-chesapeake-bay-tangier-island-with-irene-sacilotto\/","title":{"rendered":"March 1, 2022: Programs: Life in the Chesapeake Bay &#8211; Tangier Island, a Visual Journey with Irene Sacilotto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-Workboatsunrise.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24372 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-Workboatsunrise-300x176.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-Workboatsunrise-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-Workboatsunrise.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Irene\u2019s presentation will explore the Tangier Islands, Virginia located just south of the Maryland line, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. \u00a0It is actually a series of small islands connected by narrow bridges spanning marshes and tidal creeks. From the\u00a0mainland, it can only be reached by boat or small plane.\u00a0 On its narrow roads, golf carts and bicycles replace cars as the primary mode of transportation.\u00a0 It is a charming community\u00a0of shop owners and waterman, with many inhabitants making their living on the water as did their ancestors,\u00a0oystering\u00a0and crabbing. Recently, Tangier Island has been the focus of news stories as a possible casualty of climate change and sea level rise as each year flooding on the island becomes more frequent and erosion increases. This presentation is a visual journey, compiled from photos that I have taken over the years.\u00a0 It explores life on Tangier and paints a picture of the island, waterman community, and the wildlife that inhabits its marshes, lagoons, and tidal guts. \u00a0Includes\u00a0tips on photographing\u00a0the waterman\u00a0community\u00a0and wildlife.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BIO<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24373 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-1024x993.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-768x745.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>For more than 35 years, Irene has shared her photographic experiences and love of nature with thousands of individuals through more than 300 photo classes, workshops, lectures, and tours in both the U.S. and abroad including Kenya, Iceland, Newfoundland, the Falkland Islands, the Brazilian Pantanal, South Dakota Badlands, Bosque del Apache, Chincoteague NWR, Tangier Island, etc. \u00a0Program sponsors have included zoos, nature centers, camera clubs, and conservation organizations such as National Wildlife Federation and the Assateague Island\u00a0Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>For many years, she has taught photography classes at Johns Hopkins University and other educational institutions and have written \u201cHow To\u201d articles on nature photography for national publications such as Outdoor Photographer and Birding.<\/p>\n<p>Her images have appeared in magazines, calendars, and books published by National Wildlife Federation, Natural History Society, Audubon, and Sierra Club. Credits include the book, \u201cChincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, an Ecological Treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"24371\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-StormOnTangierFrontStreet.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-StormOnTangierFrontStreet.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-StormOnTangierFrontStreet-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" data-id=\"24370\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-Oystercatcher.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-Oystercatcher.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto-Oystercatcher-300x222.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irene\u2019s presentation will explore the Tangier Islands, Virginia located just south of the Maryland line, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. \u00a0It is actually a series of small islands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":24373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-programs","entry","has-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Irene_Sacilotto.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 17:25:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24138"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24377,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24138\/revisions\/24377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}