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Maryland sturgeon restoration effort in limbo
— "Sturgie" is biding his time, waiting to be introduced to the right female.
Caught off Hooper's Island five years ago, the hulking six-foot Atlantic sturgeon passes his days lolling about in a large tank at the University of Maryland's Horn Point...Tags: James River, Research, Caviar, Natural Resources, Science
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Counting crabs in the Chesapeake
— A mesh net tips onto the stern of the work boat "Mydra Ann," and out tumbles a community of crabs: fist-size blues with claws raised in attack mode, tan adolescents trying to scuttle for cover and translucent babies no bigger than a thumbnail....Tags: Natural Resources, Roger Morris, Science, Conservation, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
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Boy Scouts seek land in process dating to Colonial era
The 19 wooded acres in northern Harford County blend in well with the sprawling Boy Scouts campground that surrounds it.
But on state tax rolls, the tract essentially doesn't exist. No owner is listed — a rarity in Maryland — and as the Boy...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Forestry and Timber, Youth Organizations, Carroll County (Maryland)
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Group wants state to better manage costs of commercial fisheries
The Maryland chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association is calling on the state to more efficiently manage the costs of commercial fisheries. Under the current structure, only 20 percent of the cost for managing the activities of commercial...Tags: Natural Resources, Aquaculture, Conservation, Natural Resources, Fishing
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Hunter shot by another; illegal hunting charges filed
A hunter is in the hospital and four of his friends have been charged with multiple counts of illegal hunting after an incident Saturday afternoon just off a major thoroughfare in Prince George's County, Maryland Natural Resources Police reported. Roy A....Tags: Natural Resources, Firearms, Defense, Prosecution, Natural Resources
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5 watermen charged with oyster violations
DEALE ISLAND — Maryland Natural Resources Police say five watermen have been charged with power-dredging for oysters in a Tangier Sound sanctuary. Natural Resources Police say an officer aboard a state police helicopter spotted eight commercial...Tags: Natural Resources, Prosecution, Tangier (Accomack, Virginia), Prosecution, Natural Resources
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New tools aim to thwart striped bass poaching
Officers have returned to the scene of the crime, where last year they pulled up miles of illegal nets filled with 12.6 tons of striped bass from the frigid waters off Kent Island.
This year they are armed with new weapons: side-scan sonar to detect...Tags: Natural Resources, Conservation, Natural Resources, Science, Conservation
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Taking a Vstep toward boating safety
John Martino was not pleased when he saw where organizers of this year's New York Boat Show had stuck his booth inside the cavernous Javits Center earlier this month. He was in a distant corner, far enough from the main flow of foot traffic that he...Tags: Jeff White, Electronics, Natural Resources, Vehicles, Conservation
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Maryland records 25 boating fatalities, most since 1992
In the most deadly year for Maryland boaters since 1992, Kevin Gladhill knows how close he and his fishing buddies came to being statistics on a blustery day last February. "The probability of survival that day was between slim and none. We got slim,"...Tags: Natural Resources, Conservation, Natural Resources, Conservation, Dorchester County
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Five Maryland toll bridges to receive security upgrade
Five state-owned toll bridges will be getting an $11 million security upgrade, including new lighting, sensors to detect stopped vehicles and cameras to peer above and below the spans.
Work on the bridges — Bay, Key, Nice, Tydings and Hatem —...Tags: Laurel, Television Networks, Natural Resources, Television, Conservation
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DNR firearms are not lost
A recent article in The Sun ("Audit faults gun loans," Dec. 12) may have led readers to inaccurately conclude that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources had "lost track" of hundreds of firearms used in its highly effective hunter safety education...Tags: Annapolis, Firearms, Defense, Natural Resources, Conservation
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Harford Land Trust launches Campaign to Preserve Our Lands
Timed to coincide with its 20th anniversary in 2011, the Harford Land Trust recently announced the launch of its three-year Campaign to Preserve Our Lands, which is designed to increase awareness and raise funds to further land preservation in Harford...Tags: Harford County, Conservation, Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Conservation
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