natural resources

Synergics Wind Energy, which built Maryland's second wind project along a mountain ridge near the West Virginia border, is seeking permits to erect 24 turbines in Garrett County.

O'Malley recognizes the need to conserve our environment

The rolling woodland that once housed the Crownsville State Hospital are now home to Anne Arundel County's first major site for public hunting.

Department of Natural Resources seeking volunteers to help with educational program

U.S. senators are right to protect conservation fund

State Board of Public Works approves $600,000 grant to improve Stony Run path in north Baltimore and fill in gaps.

The Howard County Council decided Monday not to override County Executive Ken Ulman's first-ever veto, which came on controversial land preservation legislation required by state law.

Declaring that Maryland's coastal areas are increasingly at risk from rising sea level, Gov. Martin O'Malley ordered state agencies to weigh the growing risks of flooding in deciding where and how to construct state buildings. Among other things, he called for avoiding low-lying areas for new or reconstructed buildings and elevating them to avert flooding.

The media landscape has changed a lot in the 25 years since Maryland Public Television aired the first episode of "Outdoors Maryland" in 1988.

Lawmakers should mandate an industry-financed study of fracking on Western Maryland

Exporting natural gas from Cove Point would benefit Maryland and the nation

With an increase in the number of permits given out and a record number of bears killed during last month's five-day Maryland black bear hunt came another high mark — arrests made for illegal baiting and other violations.

In just a few short weeks the firearms season for deer will open. I know everyone has checked their guns and gear. After the storm this past week we need to check our hunting locations.

The outdoors magazine Field and Stream has named Cliff Brown a finalist for its 2012 Hero of Conservation award.

Fall is perfect time to head to Easton, Cambridge and St. Michaels for bites of delight.

Deer are everywhere this time of year – crossing roads, hanging out by shrubbery, racing through the woods. One Fallston resident, however, recently noticed a more unusual looking deer than what is generally seen around her home. Valerie Waudby said she has seen a "white" deer near her home on Laurel Brook Road for the past several weeks and even took a video of the animal.

Howard County is working on what officials call its "infrastructure," but the project doesn't involve bulldozers, road crews, or loads of steel and asphalt. This "infrastructure" of woods, fields and waterways existed before there was a county — the task now is to keep it.

A plan to add five homes to James Street, north of Bel Air's Vale Meadows, left many area residents perplexed at a development advisory committee meeting Wednesday.

A 52-year-old man was missing Tuesday night after last being seen swimming in Frog Mortar Creek near the Bowleys Quarters area of Baltimore County, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Those who want to limit development in Council District 3, which is represented by Councilman Todd Huff, point to environmental concerns and the area's agricultural history. They also worry new residential building would further crowd the area's public schools.

Del. Donald H. Dwyer, Jr. had been drinking when a motorboat he was operating in the Magothy River collided Wednesday with another motorboat

Back to school for Harford County Public Schools students this Monday also means the resumption of school bus service for the majority of them.

Four major construction projects just in the town of Bel Air were being held up 25 years ago by a lack of rain, with more likely to follow in the coming weeks

Catonsville resident named executive director of Maryland Agricultural Resource Council located at Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture in Hunt Valley. The council assists farmers. Kelly Carneal Dudeck formerly served as director of 1000 Friends of Maryland.

A man jumped from the Bay Bridge early Monday afternoon and was pulled — alive — from the water by Natural Resources Police.

The Town of Bel Air grew by 249 acres as a result of a property annexation acquired by the Commissioners of Bel Air

Climate change points to need for alcohol-powered cars

Rezoning process reveals a system in which the county's Master Plan is being disregarded

How inspiring to see BGE meter readers undeterred by storm damage and outages

Critics say businesses that cater to tubers on the Big Gunpowder Falls are creating "a super-highway of tubing," defiled by trash and noise that is ruining an area designated by the state as wild land and recognized by national fishing groups as a blue-ribbon trout stream.

The rowhouse where police say a 13-year-old was raped is being renovated along with other houses on the 800 block of North Caroline Street.

Richard N. Novotny Sr., former executive director of the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association, died Sunday of kidney failure at ivy Hall Geriatric & Rehabilitation Center Nursing Home in Middle river. He was 67.

Over-the-top resource extraction methods are boomeranging on us in the form of worsening climate change

Maryland's summer off to smoggy start, as ozone pollution frequently hits unhealthful levels. Code Orange warning for sensitive individuals issued in Baltimore for rest of week.

Harford County officials may have been reluctant to talk about a Walmart coming to the Emmorton area south of Bel Air when the subject first came up a year ago, but the developer of the site off Route 924 and Plumtree Road is moving forward with the project regardless.

Seven deaths have been linked to a heat wave and related derecho storm that tore through Maryland, and politicians are urging utilities to speed their work.

The body of a Virginia man thrown from a small boat on the Chesapeake Bay during last Friday's powerful storm was recovered Sunday evening off Calvert County by Maryland Natural Resources Police.

Deadly storm leaves 257,000 still powerless in 100-degree heat

More than 308,000 BGE customers remained without power Sunday, and some should be prepared to wait days for it to be restored, following deadly storms that ripped through Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic, weather and emergency management officials said.

More than 425,000 BGE customers, including many in Baltimore and its surrounding counties, lost power Friday night as high winds and stormy weather hammered the region, toppling trees and light poles.

A ruptured gas line in Gambrills forced a day care and 16 homes to be evacuated Thursday as fire and Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. crews worked to fix the break, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.

For the second and final day, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources will have a community input meeting about the potential removal of Bloede Dam at Catonsville Library from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.