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Photo of the Day – Testing the Bay
Check out a slideshow of our past Photos of the Day from The Daily Record‘s staff photographers. We also have a SmugMug page, where you can purchase photos taken by […]
Maryland DNR crews monitor Bay water after storms
Crews from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources went out into the Chesapeake Bay Tuesday afternoon, near Sandy Point State Park, to survey the water quality following the recent Tropical Storm Lee and Hurricane Irene. The DNR crews will test fresh water levels, change in temperatures and will also collect nutrients to test their concentrations.
Maryland promotes aquaculture to boost oyster numbers
CRISFIELD — Harvesting oysters from the Chesapeake Bay could become as simple as pulling up a cage from a local waterway under a new push by the state of Maryland […]
Aquaculture approvals speeded up
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources have jointly agreed on a streamlined procedure for processing applications for new oyster and other […]
State lawmakers to get striped bass rule changes
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland‘s Department of Natural Resources plans to present changes to striped bass netting regulations this week to state lawmakers. The changes were prompted by the discovery last winter […]
State taking bear hunt applications
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for an October black bear hunt. The department will take applications through Sept. 2 to participate in a lottery […]
Conditions right for Ocean City’s tuna tournament
OCEAN CITY — Organizers say the conditions are right for this weekend’s Ocean City Tuna Tournament. Tournament director Jennifer Blunt says the talk at the dock is about how plentiful […]
Board approves study for Maryland horse park
The Maryland Horse Industry Board voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward on the first phase of a viability study for a state horse park. The board approved $8,000 to pay […]
Maryland’s black bears on Twitter
If you’re seeing @MDBlackBear suddenly becoming active on Twitter these days, it’s for good reason. Apparently ’tis the season for the state’s black bear hunting lottery, and the Twitter account (created by […]
Sen. Cardin visits Skimmer Island restoration project
OCEAN CITY — The nesting habitat of two endangered birds is being restored with material dredged from a West Ocean City marina. Sen. Ben Cardin visited Skimmer Island on Monday […]
100K menhaden on beaches may have been dumped
OCEAN CITY — The Maryland Department of the Environment now estimates that 100,000 dead menhaden have washed up on Maryland and Delaware beaches. Department spokeswoman Dawn Stoltzfus says many of […]
Gov. O’Malley’s order bans fracking until 2014
After the General Assembly failed to pass a bill imposing a moratorium on drilling for natural gas in Western Maryland‘s portion of the Marcellus Shale, Gov. Martin O’Malley imposed a […]
