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Category: Gardening

Anyone Can Garden Workshop

“Anyone Can Garden!” a half-day free symposium focusing on the ease of creating simple, beautiful, and healthy gardens on a balcony, in a yard, or even in a straw bale, will be held at Harford Community College’s Chesapeake Center on Saturday, March 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The event promises to be entertaining … Continue reading Anyone Can Garden Workshop

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Pollinator Gardens for Bees, Butterflies, & Hummingbirds

In 2022, our resolution is to plant more native plants in our yards that attract pollinators, like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. These links will lead you to resources regarding native Maryland plant species:

bee-vic-sanborn-2020 — Bee, Hampton Mansion gardens, 2020. Image Vic Sanborn

Creating a Wild Backyard – Hummingbirds, Butterflies & Bees: Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Pollinator Gardens: University of Maryland Extension

In the News – 2022

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Articles

Winning Artwork Chosen for 2022-2023 Migratory Game Bird Stamp Design

Towson resident Jim Taylor won this year’s 48th annual Migratory Game Bird Stamp Design Contest held by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Judges chose Taylor’s depiction of snow geese flying over a cornfield to be featured on the stamps hunters purchase to hunt all migratory game birds in the state. Read more…

Towson resident Jim Taylor’s illustration will adorn the 2022-23 Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp

Calendar of Events

Saturday, August 21: Marshy Point Nature Center

Sunday Fun Day – We are taking to the water to celebrate the few summer days. Canoeing from 10 AM – 12 noon and kayaking from 12:30-2:30 PM. Participants must be 8 or older to paddle; those younger than 8 must fit into a life jacket to ride in the canoe or kayak.

There is limited availability; registration is required. $ 7 per non-member and $ 5 per member. Call 410-887-2817, M-F, 9 AM- 5 PM for availability & information.

No online registration at this time.

Check out this link to the Lake Roland Nature Council’s Calendar of Events. It is so well organized and easy to read. Look forward to the announcement of our Baltimore County Board’s discussion and walk about finding and measuring big trees, and their importance in our environment. Stay tuned for the confirmed date!

Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping

Click here to access the 184 page PDF document about native plants in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Beware of Ticks!

Soon Maryland’s weather will turn warm and the annual nymph tick invasion will begin again. Even scarier, with climate change, adult ticks are no longer just a warm weather scourge. Ticks common to our state are the American dog tick (wood tick), Blacklegged tick (deer tick), Brown dog tick, Lone star tick, Gulf coast tick, Asian longhorned tick (non-native, first discovered in NY in 2010).

This article from the University of Maryland Extension, discusses each tick’s characteristic, how we can protect ourselves from ticks, tick prevention around home and yard, and more.

About Our Collective Impact

Chesapeake Bay Trust – Shoreline Restoration

Center for Environmental Science: University of Maryland

Tree cores like the one shown here were used to measure wood chemistry.

Warming Climate Triggers Changes in Forests: “A warming climate is causing earlier springs and later autumns in eastern forests of the United States, lengthening the growing season for trees and potentially changing how forests function. Scientists from the Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science used a combination of satellite images and field measurements to show that trees have greater demand for soil nitrogen in years with early springs.”

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Meetings at Cub Hill Ranger Station

9405 Old Harford Rd, Parkville, MD 21234

1-410-665-5820

rprenger@dnr.state.md.us

The Board meets every second Tuesday from 7-9 PM, except in August. All are welcome to attend.

2021 Maryland Forest Resource Fact Sheet

For those of us who love facts, this link will send you over the moon. Find information updated in 2/15/2021. Enjoy!

Carroll County’s Big Tree Program

CarrolMagazine.com recently featured its county’s Big Tree Program. Click on their site to read this highly interesting article. Carroll’s Big Tree Program 16 DAYS AGO | Carroll Magazine Synopsis by Muck Rack. Written by Amanda Milewski, photography by Nikola Tzenov. Recognizing Some Of The County’s Shadiest Specimens. In a county known for its farmland and … Continue reading Carroll County’s Big Tree Program

by Vic August 19, 2022August 19, 2022

Splooting During a Heat Wave

Bears sploot. Dogs sploot. Cats sploot. Squirrels sploot. No, these animals are not sick. But what is splooting? According to CollinsDictionary.com, the word means VERB (intransitive) 1. (of an animal) to lie flat on the stomach with the hind legs stretched out behind the body NOUN 2. the act or an instance of splooting Collins … Continue reading Splooting During a Heat Wave

by Vic August 12, 2022August 12, 2022

Chincoteague Ponies & Assateague Horses in the News

These articles were published in the last two months. All deal with the Assateague horses and Chincoteague ponies in VA and MD. A centuries-old horse tooth might be the last piece in the genetic puzzle of Assateague’s horses, by Zoe Sottile, CNN, August 7, 2022 “The famous wild Chincoteague ponies have lived for centuries on … Continue reading Chincoteague Ponies & Assateague Horses in the News

by Vic August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

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