U.S. Rep John Sarbanes calls himself an aspiring boater. “I love being out on the water, but I don’t get much of a chance to do that,” the Maryland Democrat told Soundings. “Whenever I’m out on the water, I’m in seventh heaven.”
So, of course, are millions of Americans, which is one reason Sarbanes and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, also a Maryland Democrat, have introduced a draft plan to create a Chesapeake National Recreation Area. It would place certain sites around the Chesapeake Bay under the auspices of the National Park Service, as a
