49 Fire Departments in 17 Counties Receive $104,099 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources this week announced it will distribute Volunteer Fire Assistance grants to 49 volunteer fire departments. The projects,…
Maryland has assembled and mobilized its second crew of wildland firefighters to battle raging wildfires in the Western United States, as part of a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Cumberland, Maryland won the 1st Runner-up award in Blue Ridge Outdoors' Top Adventure Town contest, sponsored by Blue Mountain Brewery. The contest, originally beginning with 48 contenders, will feature the…
Soon after the Lake Fire started last month, it threatened hundreds of homes. Fire officials in Southern California's San Bernardino National Forest, where the wildfire raged, responded quickly by sending…
An April 2 Frederick News-Post article reported that the General Assembly has passed legislation ( SB 336) sponsored by the O'Malley Administration that would designate approximately 22,000 State-owned acres as "wildlands." In…
As previously reported on Conduit Street, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is proposing the creation or expansion of new wildland areas in nine counties and has held a series…
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is proposing the creation or expansion or wildland areas in nine counties. Wildlands are State-owned lands that have retained their wilderness character and contain important…
The Maryland League of Conservation Voters (MLCV) has released its 2014 Environmental Scorecard for members of the Maryland General Assembly. Noting that many environmental measures did not receive votes during…
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