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Jeff Holland: A walk in Corcoran Woods is a stroll among giants

This past week, I learned a lot about trees from Dr. Geoffrey “Jess” Parker, who has served as the forest ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater since 1987. Jess wanted to show me around the Corcoran Environmental Study Area or “Corcoran Woods,” a 215-acre tract of forest adjacent to Sandy Point State Park.

Humpback whale found dead, stranded on Maryland coast

Updated: 2:58 PM EST Feb 25, 2021 Environmental officials are investigating the death of a humpback whale that was found stranded along the Maryland coast.The whale, known as Pivot, was first catalogued by the Massachusetts-based Center for Coastal Studies in 2008 and was frequently sighted in the Gulf of Maine.It was found dead last Thursday on the beach at Assateague Island National Seashore.Assateague officials said in a Facebook post Tuesday that, despite several hours of work, crews were unable to move the whale, which is estimated to weigh about 30 tons. It proved beyond the capabilities of our equipment to move it out of the surf zone, officials wrote.Maryland Department of Natural Resources biologists have taken tissue samples from the carcass in an effort to determine cause of death. Officials said there were no obvious physical signs of a non-natural death.

Pandemic could change Md oyster industry for good - MarylandReporter com

Pandemic could change Md. oyster industry for good Culling oysters ready for market is a daily job in the aquaculture business. At Choptank Oyster Company in Cambridge, Maryland, the work is done outdoors year-round. Photo by J.F. Meils/Capital News Service via AP. By AUDREY DECKER The pandemic-affected oyster season has been difficult for the industry in Maryland, causing farmers and watermen to rethink how they sell their product and changing how programs conduct oyster restoration. After restaurants reduced their capacity and a stay-at-home order was issued last spring, restaurant sales essentially went to zero within a matter of a week, said Scott Budden, founder of Orchard Point Oyster Co. headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland.

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