From the Maryland State Highway Administration: The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) has completed the engineering and design phase for the MD 24 (Rocks Road) Section A Slope Stabilization Project in Harford County. The construction phase is getting underway this month and Corman Construction of Annapolis Junction, MD is SHA’s contractor for the $6.2 million […]
State Highway Administration, Dept of Natural Resources Partner to Relocate Mussels from Deer Creek
From the State Highway Administration: (July 2, 2014) – The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is partnering with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to relocate rare and declining freshwater mussels from Deer Creek in Rocks State Park in Harford County. This summer, DNR biologists will search the waters of Deer Creek to locate, […]
Rocks Road to Close for 5 Months as State Highway Administration Begins Deer Creek Embankment Stabilization Project
From Deborah Bowers Save the Rocks A section of MD Route 24 through Rocks State Park will be shut down for five months beginning in June, according to the State Highway Administration, while the roadway is reconstructed and the embankment of Deer Creek along the northbound edge of the roadway is braced with a stacked […]
Community Foundation of Harford County Announces Establishment of Ben Boniface Deer Creek Valley Fund
From the Community Foundation of Harford County: Community Foundation of Harford County is pleased to announce the establishment of the Ben Boniface Deer Creek Valley Fund. The fund was started by Darlington residents Billy and Barbara Boniface in memory of their son, Ben, who passed away last year. The fund was established to support recreational […]
State Rural Legacy Program Preserves 176 Acres of Land Near Deer Creek in Harford County
From the Maryland Department of Natural Resources: The State has added 176 acres to its permanently protected rural landscape and eliminated 15 developmental rights in Harford County. Governor Martin O’Malley and the Board of Public Works today approved funding to preserve the land locate in the Deer Creek Rural Legacy Area. “The Rural Legacy Program […]
Rural Legacy Program Awards $1.5 Million to Protect Deer Creek Properties
From the Maryland Department of Natural Resources: The Rural Legacy Program will receive $13.5 million in Fiscal Year 2014 grants to permanently preserve working farms and important lands throughout Maryland. These grants fund conservation easements to protect air and water quality, wildlife habitat and farming communities. Governor Martin O’Malley and the Board of Public Works […]
Stone Walls in Deer Creek Proposed to Spare Rocks Road from Future Erosion; “Tough and Challenging Project” Draws Concerns
The State Highway Administration’s plan to construct more than 900 feet of stone wall along the banks of Deer Creek through Rocks State Park – an effort to stabilize and stave off the erosion of Route 24 – has awakened after a year-and-a-half hibernation. But even with preliminary engineering of the estimated $13 million project […]
Days Down the Deer Creek
By Phillip McKnight Special to The Dagger It was a November night when we pushed our canoe from the sandy shore into the cool trickling creek water. My friend sat in the front and I waded until the 50-degree water reached my knees. I swung a leg over the canoe and continued my journey into […]