Situated along the banks of the Chester River, the Conquest Preserve Living Shoreline Project is one of the first living shoreline projects in the country to incorporate sea level rise projections into its design from the outset, in an attempt … Continued
Maryland’s 2016-2017 public oyster harvest season begins Oct. 1 and runs through March 31. The opening month is reserved for divers and watermen using shaft and patent tongs. Last season, 1,146 licensed Maryland watermen harvested 383,090 bushels of oysters with … Continued
Nearly $2.4 million in environmental education grants will be funded by the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office through the competitive B-WET (Bay-Watershed Education and Training) Chesapeake program this year. B-WET is an environmental education program that supports locally relevant outdoors, experience-based … Continued
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, awarded an approximately $1-million contract Sept. 26, 2016, to Blue Forge LLC to construct oyster reefs in the Tred Avon River Oyster Sanctuary in Talbot County. Blue Forge LLC is a Service-Disabled, … Continued
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently certified Harbor East Marina in Baltimore as the latest Maryland Clean Marina. The facility earned the recognition after adopting best management practices from the Maryland Clean Marina Guidebook, meeting all environmental and … Continued