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Eastern Shore wind project confronts eagles, Navy
A wind power project proposed on the lower Eastern Shore that's struggling to overcome objections from the Navy has a new, airborne worry — bald eagles. Federal wildlife biologists say the population of the once-rare national bird has grown so...
Tags: Somerset County (Maryland), U.S. Department of Defense, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Wildlife, Conservation
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Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel makes recovery
Trapped in a steel cage barely big enough to hold her, the large squirrel was not happy, pawing at the bars and trying them with her teeth. Matt Whitbeck and Cherry Keller of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were glad to see her, though. The furry...
Tags: Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Dorchester County, U.S. Congress, Environmental Politics, Wildlife
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Take back the planet, and not just on Earth Day
For over 40 years, Earth Day has sent a powerful message: that each of us has both the capacity and the duty to support the environment that sustains us. This is certainly a message that dedicated conservationists can get behind, but what about everyday...
Tags: Earth Day, National Aquarium Baltimore, Healthy Diet, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics
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Atlantic whales, dolphins at risk from seismic testing, group warns
Seismic testing for oil and gas off Maryland and other Atlantic coast states could cause widespread harm to whales, dolphins, sea turtles and fish, as well as to fishing and tourism, an environmental group warned Tuesday. Oceana said the federal...
Tags: Interior Policy, Energy Resources, Tourism and Leisure, Wildlife, Conservation
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With rare chickweed in bloom, ecologists gather in Baltimore to celebrate biodiversity
Leading a tour of the Soldiers Delight area of western Baltimore County on Sunday afternoon, Paula Becker, an ecologist with Maryland's Department of Natural Resources, was pleased to report the first blooming of serpentine chickweed — a plant as...
Tags: Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Natural Resources, Nature Conservancy, Wildlife, Marine Science
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Maryland seeks historic status for Fort Carroll
When she thinks of Fort Carroll, the abandoned 19th-century military installation in the Patapsco River, Beverly Eisenberg thinks of her grandfather — and of duckpin bowling balls. She visited the six-sided artificial island as a little girl, just...
Tags: Maryland Historical Trust, War of 1812, Judges, Arts, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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U.S. Senate threatens key Chesapeake Bay protections
Having moved to Maryland two years ago, I've learned something about its people: Marylanders stand up for the Chesapeake Bay. A healthy bay underlies the regional economy and is a fundamental part of our rich heritage. Four decades ago, Congress took...
Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, Environmental Politics, Wildlife, Conservation
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Fox-hunting lives on in Maryland
The Baltimore SunCalled to action by the blast of a horn, more than 30 yapping spotted hounds spill down a hill, bound across a country road, leap a fence and rush a faded winter field. On the hound's heels are about two dozen hunters on horseback, men and women in...Tags: Hunting, Horse and Harness Racing, George Washington, England, Wildlife
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General Assembly Digest
State lawmakers pass budget The General Assembly gave its final approval Friday to a $36.9 billion state operating budget for next year that whittles down Maryland's long-term revenue shortfall without raising taxes. The House and Senate signed off on a...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Media Industry, Justice System, Wildlife, Conservation
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Bel Air Planning Commission rejects plan for 48 townhouses on St. Matthew site
The members of the Bel Air Planning Commission voted 4-1 Thursday to deny an application by local developer Mike Jones to build 48 townhouses on a portion of property owned by St. Matthew Lutheran Church. The town annexed the nearly 52-acre...
Tags: FEMA, Wildlife, Conservation
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Back Story: Buildings are gone but not forgotten
Gregory J. Alexander and Paul Kelsey Williams have combed through photo archives, and the result of their labors is "Lost Baltimore," which is a painful reminder of notable buildings that fell victim, for the most part, to fire or urban renewal. They...
Tags: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Dundalk, Edgar Allan Poe, Baltimore Hotels, Business
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Snakes in a state (and frogs, salamanders and turtles, too)
— The volunteers of the Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas project leave no log unrolled, no stone unturned in their quest to document the state's dirt dwellers. When the earth is moist after a soaking rain and the temperatures whisper spring,...
Tags: Science, Wildlife, Conservation, Biology, Queen Anne's County
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