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Plans to create what would essentially be a new city on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been put on a short leash, at least for now, amid public concern about its

A growing number of environmental groups and residents have come out against data center development in Prince William County, VA, where they say it would imperil water quality, natural resources

For the first time since 2004, Pennsylvania has a new state park. Three of them, actually — as well as a former mining area that will be turned into a

Virginia has added 59 acres of forested wetlands to its Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve in Stafford County. According to the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, the expansion will

Elected officials in a Northern Virginia county have rejected a move that would have paused decisions on several major development projects until experts could evaluate the potential impacts to a

Under pressure from homebuilders, officials in Delaware’s fastest-growing county are on the verge of approving new regulations for construction near wetlands and streams that, in some crucial instances, would provide

With seven volunteers gathered around him in Pennsylvania’s Michaux State Forest, Tom Moutsos apologized in advance for ruining the group’s future hiking experiences.

A handful of proposed projects are turning Prince William County, VA, into the next frontier for debates over appropriate data center development as the industry continues to expand its footprint

The mostly forested NASA property in the headwaters of the Anacostia River that conservationists feared could be bulldozed has won yet another reprieve.

The Maryland forest tract owned by NASA that’s at risk of being sold to a developer has won a reprieve for now.