Celebrating 36 Years of Outdoors Maryland!
Season 36 Premieres November 12, 2024 at 7:30pm
Airing on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.
Get ready for five all new episodes of MPT’s long-running series Outdoors Maryland! From the rocky ridgelines of the Appalachian mountains to the Chesapeake's tidal salt marshes, we’ve traveled all over the state to bring you stories that celebrate its diverse natural resources.
Join outdoor enthusiasts as they sail through Maryland's skies and swim its wide-open waters. Meet local wildlife, from a rare marsh bird to the mysterious American eel. Witness art that addresses nature's plight. Experience the thrill of rodeo—on land and in the water! And get to know the many Marylanders working tirelessly to preserve the state’s natural wonders in the face of an ever-changing world.
Episode 3602
Air Date: November 19, 2024
Weaving Nature
Produced by Jeff Bieber
Follow artist David Bacharach as he constructs a large installation of “land art” at Irvine Nature Center in Baltimore County. With a palette of materials consisting of invasive trees and vines, and metal and plastic trash collected from the side of the road, he builds a series of three larger-than-life sculptures – Land, Air, and Water – that seek to encapsulate humanity’s legacy of environmental exploitation.
Upstream Odyssey
Produced by Sarah Sampson
Meet the mysterious American eel! Born in the Sargasso Sea, these long slimy fish migrate thousands of miles into freshwater rivers and streams – including tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Damming of waterways has contributed to the steep decline in eel populations, as they were blocked from accessing important upstream habitat. Here in Maryland, biologists work to track and restore the state’s eel populations.
Episode 3601
Air Date: November 12, 2024
Up in the Air
Produced by Andrew Paterson
Join adrenaline-junkies with the Cumberland Soaring Group as they fly over mountainous western Maryland in “gliders” or “sail planes” – a type of engineless fixed wing aircraft. Plus, travel to the Salisbury Airport in Wicomico County, where students from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore – an HBCU and home to the state’s only aviation degree program – take flight with an instructor in pursuit of careers as professional pilots.
Saltmarsh Sunrises
Produced by Will Parson
As climate change threatens the salt marshes of Maryland’s lower eastern shore, scientists work to protect this fragile ecosystem. At the Maryland Ornithological Society’s Irish Grove Sanctuary, biologists with Audubon Mid-Atlantic trap and study the rare saltmarsh sparrow, a bird whose presence is threatened by the rising tides. Meanwhile, on nearby Deal Island, a new “living shoreline” offers local communities protection from flooding.
Cresap Country
Produced by Jack Harris
Dig into the story of one of Maryland’s most infamous colonial figures – Thomas Cresap – while exploring his 18th century stomping grounds. Join archaeologists with the Maryland Historical Trust as they excavate Cresap’s homestead and trading post in Oldtown, MD. Visit the site of Cresap’s ferry across the Susquehanna River, where his animosity towards Pennsylvania sparked a border conflict known as “Cresap’s War.” And meet his descendants in the Cresap Society as they search for traces of their heritage in the wilds of western Maryland.