Tagged Stories: "Maryland"
Tagged brook trout reveal pristine health of Md.’s Savage River
April 23, 2012Scientists use brook trout as an indicator of the health of the Chesapeake's local streams and rivers
Read storyBay blue crab population reaches highest level in nearly 20 years
April 19, 2012The Bay’s blue crab population increased 66 percent in 2012 to its highest level since 1993.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Savage River Watershed Association (Garrett County, Md.)
April 11, 2012SRWA helps monitor and protect this pristine western Maryland river.
Read storyStates, D.C. submit final Bay cleanup plans to federal government
April 4, 2012Jurisdictions submit their final cleanup plans as part of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Clean Bread and Cheese Creek (Dundalk, Md.)
March 28, 2012Clean Bread and Cheese Creek's goal is as simple as its name states: clean up trash and stop illegal dumping.
Read storyTributary Tuesday: Beaverdam Creek (Laurel, Md.)
March 20, 2012Beaverdam Creek may be a lesser-known tributary of the Anacostia River, but it is one of the most beautiful and scenic.
Read storyTributary Tuesday: Gwynns Falls (Baltimore County, Md.)
March 5, 2012Don’t go chasing waterfalls along Gwynns “Falls,” the 25-mile-long Baltimore County stream. You won't find any.
Read storyWatershed Wednesday: Corsica River Conservancy (Centreville, Md.)
February 28, 2012Volunteers with the Corsica River Conservancy are seeking to remove the river from the list of impaired waters.
Read storyMaryland’s wintering waterfowl population down slightly in 2012
February 28, 2012Scientists counted fewer ducks, geese and swans wintering along Md.’s Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic shorelines in 2012.
Read storyMd. farmers plant record acreage of pollution-reducing cover crops
February 22, 2012Farmers planted nearly 430,000 acres of cover crops in fall 2011, the largest planting in Md. history.
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