From the Maryland Department of Natural Resources: The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be making modifications to the boat launching pier in the Lapidum Area of Susquehanna State Park. The project will begin March 14 and should be completed in less than three work days, weather permitting. Due to fabrication of the new […]
State Approves $2.36 Million for Land Preservation in Deer Creek and Manor Rural Legacy Areas
By Deborah Bowers The Md. Board of Public Works on Wed. approved $12.6 million for land preservation in 14 counties. In Harford County, the Deer Creek Rural Legacy Area will receive $1.36 million and the Manor Rural Legacy Area, part of which is in western Harford County, and part in Baltimore County, was awarded $1 […]
Zebra Mussels Now Established In Susquehanna River Below Conowingo Dam
From the Maryland Department of Natural Resources: DNR Asks Citizens to Help Stop the Spread of this Invasive Species On July 6th, a team of biologists from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Monitoring and Non-tidal Assessment Division spotted several suspected zebra mussel adults for the first time in the lower Susquehanna River below […]
Drilling To Resume In Park As Committee Focuses On 4 Plans To Improve Rocks Road Erosion
The fourth meeting of the committee formed to find a better way to improve roadway and creek erosion conditions along Route 24 through Rocks State Park ended Monday night with lengthy negotiations over future of controversial rock drilling in the popular park. The end result was just the sort of compromise government officials and local […]
Black Bear Ambles Its Way Across Northern Harford County, Perhaps With Cub
For the better part of the last two weeks, a black bear has been ambling its way across northern Harford County as it crisscrosses Central Maryland in search of suitable habitat. For the time being, the bear is being left to its own devices, which has consisted so far of roaming from Jarrettsville, westward through […]
Burying Trees and Building Walls to Save the Rocks
Burying trees and building walls. These are the types of solutions that could save the Rocks. As unlikely as those options may seem, a combination of forcibly sinking big-rooted trees deep into the streambank and erecting natural stone walls in strategic spots along the shoreline could be enough to stabilize the eroding banks of Deer […]
Rocks Do Over: Route 24 Project To Begin Anew With Promise Of Cooperation
The State Highway Administration has wiped its slate clean and will be starting anew on plans to repair Route 24 through Rocks State Park – this time promising to work in concert with a contingent of scientists, planners, environmentalists, elected officials and citizen activists. During the first meeting of the DNR/SHA Advisory Committee for MD […]
Crew Pulled Off Rt 24 After Rocks Residents Complain Of Drilling, Cutting in Park
From Save the Rocks: ROCKS, MD Jan. 28 — In response to citizen complaints, the State Highway Administration today removed workers from MD 24 in Rocks State Park who had been drilling for soil samples and cutting trees along the hillside just south of St. Clair Bridge Road. Residents complained the work was unnecessary if […]