Start of Pilot Dredging Project at Conowingo Dam
In an important step toward understanding the role that dredging can play in mitigating the effects of upstream discharges and the lost trapping capacity of the Conowingo Dam, the Maryland Environmental Service (MES), in coordination with the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), today announced that the dredging portion of the Conowingo Dredging and Innovative […]
Ecosystem Highlights
Spy Report: Beverly and Richard Tilghman Accept Horn Point’s Chesapeake Champion Award
The weather gods must have known that the greater conservation movement of the Eastern Shore was gathering on Friday night to honor Beverly and ... [Continue Story]
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Ecosystem Notes
Pickering Creek Annual Bird Seed Sale and First Annual Seed Social
As September winds down, our local birds have finished their breeding season, and the fledglings are striking out on their own. Several birds will be ... [Continue Story]
- Michael Roman to Step Sown as UMCES’ Horn Point Laboratory Director
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- Spooky Halloween Play Trail at Pickering Creek
- Prizes Announced for Rod and Reef Slam Fishing Tournament that Starts Oct. 9
- ShoreRivers Applauds State’s Actions to Stop Pollution from Valley Proteins
- Delmarva-Based Conservation Partnership Awarded $1.5 Million Grant
- ShoreRivers Hosts Chesapeake Bay Commission Meeting
- August Dead Zone is Bad News for the Bay
- Compatibility Determination on Blackwater and Eastern Neck NWR Available for Public Comment
- Nature Conservancy Transfers Land to Blackwater Refuge to Protect Marshes
- Rod and Reef Slam Fishing Tournament Returns This October In Maryland
- ShoreRivers Awarded State Funding for Large Restoration Projects
- CBF Outdoor Education Program Restarts this Fall After Pandemic Shutdown
- Shaw Bay Raft-Up Concert with The Wye River Band Saturday, September 11
- Join Local Farmers Being Paid for Conservation Work