1+ hour, 29+ min ago   (96+ words) Southern Maryland News Net DNR Announces Grant Money Available Again for Venison Donation Programs The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is now accepting applications for its2026 venison donation grant program. Grant money is available to organizations to assist with the direct…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (167+ words) Most of us who have played in shallow water or let our children play in Maryland streams and ponds vividly recall an encounter with a crayfish. It’s usually hiding under a rock, hurriedly scampering along a sandy stream bottom, shooting…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (654+ words) Under the vibrant lights of the Ocean City boardwalk Ferris wheel and Slingshot ride, prehistoric animals scuttled onto the shore of a quiet beach by the thousands. “The horseshoe crabs are on,” Steve Doctor, a Maryland Department of Natural Resources…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (382+ words) Two Maryland organizations will receive support for education and stewardship programming to enhance environmental education in the state. Outdoor education and stewardship funding is made possible from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grant. Specific amounts will be contingent…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (346+ words) Governor Wes Moore announced the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is awarding $31.5 million in grants from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund for 25 ecological restoration projects encompassing 188 sites throughout the state that will improve water quality and wildlife…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (449+ words) The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) completed a 71-acre planting project at Newtowne Neck State Park in St. Mary’s County in April that will help prevent rain runoff from reaching the Potomac River. The Maryland Forest Service oversaw the…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (263+ words) All the positive samples came from within the existing seven-county Chronic Wasting Disease Management Area. The deer were found in Allegany (27), Baltimore (2), Carroll (2), Frederick (13), Howard (1), Montgomery (3), and Washington (21) counties. A total of 2,072 samples from 2025 were submitted for laboratory testing. The…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (613+ words) Light pollution, excessive human-produced light during the night, makes it harder to see the stars, but it’s also a hazard to wildlife, from birds to sea turtles. April 13th marked the start of International Dark Sky Week, when scientists and activists…...

6+ mon, 21+ hour ago   (270+ words) Southern Maryland News Net Tickets for Tails: Blue Crabs Launch Ticket Campaign to Support Humane Society of Charles County The Humane Society of Charles County, which has served Southern Maryland for 50 years based in Waldorf, issued an urgent plea to…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago   (233+ words) The Board of Public Works today approved more than $3.7 million in grants from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to local governments for parks and land conservation in Allegany, Caroline, Charles, Howard, Prince George’s, Queen Anne’s, and Washington counties. is…...