The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced it is awarding $11.2 million in grants from the Whole Watershed Fund for restoration efforts in five key watersheds across the state. The five-year Whole Watershed Fund program is now in its second year and supports 30 projects in Antietam Creek, Baltimore Harbor, Newport Bay, the Severn River, and the Upper Choptank River as well as three agricultural areas and two cross-state collaborative areas.
BERLIN, Md. — A proposed stream restoration project in Berlin is focused on improving conditions along Hudson Branch, a waterway that feeds into Newport Bay.
Queponco Farms, a 186-acre mix of cropland and woodland off Basket Switch Road, is the latest property preserved through the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF) in Worcester County.
The Maryland Coastal Bays Program has released the 2024 Coastal Bays Report Card rating the overall health of the bays at a B, the highest score the bays have achieved so far.
WORCESTER COUNTY, Md. -- The Maryland Coastal Bays Program announced it has been awarded the Whole Watershed Act Grant. The money received will go towards much-needed improvements in Newport Bay.
The money will go toward a five-year initiative focused on water quality and habitat improvements, as well as flood and storm water management.
