A 121-foot tall Bigtooth Aspen, discovered growing along a popular hiking trail in Rocks State Park last week, has been crowned a new Maryland State Champion as part of the Maryland Big Tree Program. The Maryland Big Tree Program is an effort to measure and catalog the largest trees of each species within the state. […]
Rediscover Rock Run: Nature and History Collide at Susquehanna State Park
From the Department of Natural Resources: On Saturday, May 7, 2011, Susquehanna State Park will open the Rock Run Historic Area from 1:00pm until 4:00pm. To highlight recent renovations, the public will be able to preview historic points of interest including the Rock Run Mansion, built in 1804, the Rock Run Grist Mill and the […]
Green By Chance: Sweating Winter Flesh, Replanting America, and Dreaming about Who was Here First
It feels so good to get my hands consistently in the dirt again. A long windy, semi-white, pretty cold winter season is now on the shelf in my Franklin Planner. I’ve been transplanting firs and spruce for a month from my protected beds and out in the permanent field for eventual Christmas living rooms. Finally […]
The Last Stink Bug: Amusing Antics of an Unlikely Winter Companion
They were late to congregate in my old Conowingo Victorian, but when they did, they were multiplying with magnificence. Everybody was puzzled and overwhelmed, but I kinda just let them have their convention, like ladybugs, house flies, and other aphids had done over the decades. And then their appearance was relentless into late fall; in […]
Harford County to Celebrate Arbor Day 2010
From Harford County government: (Bel Air, MD) – – Harford County Government will recognize Arbor Day 2010 during a ceremony Friday, April 2, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. at the Harford Glen Environmental Education Center located at 502 West Wheel Road Bel Air. The Arbor Day festivities will consist of planting tree seedlings, repairing and replacing […]
Biologists Use New Technique To Look For Rare Harford Fish
From the Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Biologists hold new hope for endangered Maryland Darter Havre De Grace, Md. (October 26, 2009) — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) biologists started a search for one of the rarest fish in the world, the Maryland darter. This particular species has only been found in three […]
Roam Through Nature/History At Redication of Eden Mill Nature Center and Historic Mill Museum
The land, the water and the wildlife have been there forever, at the confluence of Big Branch and Deer Creek in Pylesville, but the forward-thinking nature center designed to provide environmental education as well as preservation, interpretation and management of the ecological and cultural resources of the site is a relatively recent amenity. Eden Mill Nature Center and Historic Mill Museum is […]