May 25, 2021
Could we be in for a summer without crabs in the DMV?
According to a Maryland Department of Natural Resources 2021 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, the local crab population has reached a 14 year low. They estimate that the current number of crabs in the Chesapeake Bay is right around 282 million, down from 405 million last year, and 594 million the year before. Juvenile crabs are even worse off, they ve hit a 31 year low.
However, there is a little bit of good news, the number of spawning age females has increased to 158 million, well above the 72.5 million threshold. Females bigger than 2.4 inches can potentially produce this year, which is an important indicator of the health of the stock.
Felling of 120 acres of old-growth trees in Pocomoke State Forest proposed
May 25, 2021
POCOMOKE STATE FOREST, Md. – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is considering cutting down 436 acres of trees in the Pocomoke State Forest. This is a normal operation that they say helps preserve forest life.
But the Old Growth Forest Network says the problem is that 120 of those acres are old-growth trees nearly 100 years old. Executive Director Joan Maloof says old-growth trees can often grow for hundreds of years, and help protect younger plants and the animals that live there. “As these trees grow, they compete with each other. The stronger ones win out and get larger, and the smaller ones stay in the understory. There are some species that just come into a forest that’s older because they prefer the shade than full sun,” said Maloof.
State Roundup: Frederick County exec race begins to heat up as Hough, Hagen spar; Gansler running for governor again
The front of the State House. Governor s Office photo
HOUGH, HAGEN SPAR AS FREDERICK COUNTY EXEC RACE HEATS UP: The race for Frederick County executive is only in its early stages but it has already begun to heat up. On Monday, state Sen. Michael Hough (Frederick and Carroll), the only Republican in the race, ripped one of the Democratic candidates as “far-left,” Bryan Renbaum reports in Maryland Reporter.
SALMON 1-YEAR EXTENSION MUDDIES SEARCH FOR NEW SUPER: State laws dating back to the 1860s are making the hunt for Maryland’s next state school superintendent more difficult because the state school board can’t appoint the next leader to a normal four-year term, since Superintendent Karen Salmon accepted a one-year extension to her final term to continue working during the pandemic, Liz Bowie reports for the Sun.
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Two Elmira children who were reported missing Sunday have been found safe, and their father is facing criminal charges.
Around 6:45 p.m. Sunday, the mother of two children, ages 9 and 11, filed a report with police indicating the children had not returned from visitation with their father, according to the Elmira Police Department.
The mother reported she feared the father was going to take the children out of state. An officer followed up on the report, but the children were not located at that time, police said.
On Monday, investigators continued looking into the matter and determined the father, identified as Jonathan J. Gavazzi, had vacated his residence, had not been to work and likely left the area with the children.
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