Projects and Research

The Pocomoke River Project is a long term initiative to reconnect the river channel to its floodplain along the river鈥檚 main stem and many of the river鈥檚 tributaries. In the 1940s extensive channelization straightened the river and left an artificial levee 3 to 12 feet high along both river banks. The levee restricts the natural flow of floodwaters in and out of the Pocomoke鈥檚 forested...

What began as the restoration of an abandoned area near Baltimore Harbor has grown into a nationally recognized partnership connecting the city鈥檚 residents to the outdoors. The bet365下载ios designated Masonville Cove, as the nation鈥檚 first Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership on September 26, 2013.

The Maryland Port Administration built the Masonville Dredged Material...

Once a haven for wildlife, Poplar Island, in the mid Chesapeake Bay region, was slipping away at a rate of more than 13 feet a year due to sea level rise, land subsidence and erosion. The island was well on the way to becoming just another sand shoal.

Maps and records from the 1600鈥檚 describe Poplar Island as over 2,000 acres. The Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at...

Nutria Eradication Project

Protecting and Conserving Communities of the Delmarva Peninsula

Nutria (Myocastor coypus) are invasive, semi-aquatic, South American rodents first released into Dorchester County, Maryland in 1943. Nutria are not native to Maryland's wetland ecosystems; therefore, there are few predators or natural conditions to control their population. Since...

Background

The 300-acre Koppers Co., Inc. (Newport Plant) Superfund Site is located along the Christina River and White Clay Creek near Newport, Delaware. Between 1929 and 1971, site owners operated a wood-treating facility, which primarily used creosote, a mixture of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other chemicals. Plant operations, spills, leaks, and waste management...