Natural Resource Industry

Body of Parkville kayaker recovered from Gunpower Falls

2013-06-16 12:55:00

Emergency responders on Sunday recovered the body of a 26-year-old kayaker who had been reported missing a day earlier. The body of Daniel Travis Deamond of Parkville was pulled from the Gunpowder Falls near Belair Road in Kingsville at about 11:30 a.m....

2013 Harford Guide Recreation and Parks

2013-06-11 11:31:00

Harford County residents have access to thousands of acres of local and state parklands, with attractions ranging from disc golf courses, equestrian and hiking trails and sports fields to boat launches, playgrounds and nature centers. TRAILS AND...

Girl, 12, injured in fall from Harford's King & Queen Seat

2013-05-28 13:47:44

A 12-year-old Havre de Grace girl remains hospitalized after sustaining "significant" injuries from a fall from the King & Queen Seat in Rocks State Park Saturday, several emergency information sources said. Three Department of Natural Resources Park...

Rock Creek residents help grow oysters

2013-06-01 16:49:00

As gulls and cormorants perched on the walls of Fort Carroll looked on, a crabbing boat stopped long enough to jettison 30 bushel baskets of very special oyster shells into the Patapsco River. On the boat, a handful of Pasadena residents spent their...

Greener state, greener city

2013-05-28 03:00:00

The recent passage and signing of landmark forest legislation will help protect the health and well-being of all Marylanders for generations to come. Maryland has made a commitment to "no net loss" of our state's forests — both urban and rural...

Nominations sought for Harford Soil Conservation board

2013-05-21 11:50:38

The Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee is accepting nominations for appointment to the Harford Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors. The appointment will be to fill the unexpired term of Michael S. Birch on Oct. 17, 2016. Nominations...

Gill sworn in as natural resources chief

2013-05-21 11:39:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley swore in Joseph P. Gill as Secretary of Natural Resources Tuesday, replacing John R. Griffin at the top of the 1,200-employee agency. Griffin has been named to replace Matt Gallagher as the governor's chief of staff as of June 1....

Six children injured, none fatally, in a boat fire on the South River

2013-05-27 16:59:00

Six children were burned — two seriously — by a flash fire that occurred during a Memorial Day boat ride on the South River. Two of the three adults on board also suffered minor injuries. None of the burns appear to be life-threatening,...

Harford Christian wins seventh straight Harford Envirothon

2013-05-02 03:05:00

Harford Christian School won its seventh consecutive Harford Envirothon Wednesday, the culmination of weeks of studying, but the students' coach warned them they couldn't rest long with the state competition about six weeks away. "[There are] volumes of...

Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel makes recovery

2013-04-24 17:08:00

Trapped in a steel cage barely big enough to hold her, the large squirrel was not happy, pawing at the bars and trying them with her teeth. Matt Whitbeck and Cherry Keller of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were glad to see her, though. The furry...

Not all aboard capsized fishing boat wore vests

2013-04-21 15:49:00

A preliminary report on the deaths of two anglers on the opening day of the Chesapeake Bay rockfish season says all six persons aboard the boat that capsized off Point Lookout had life vests, but not all wore them, according to the Maryland Natural...

Two dead after boating accident on Chesapeake Bay

2013-04-20 13:07:00

Two people died and four were rescued in a boating accident on the Chesapeake Bay Saturday when their 25-foot boat capsized two miles south of Point Lookout State Park in St. Mary's County, according to Department of Natural Resources Police. Sgt....

Natural Resources Commission members Annoesjka Steinman (from left), Department of Natural Resources director Keith Creigh and commission chair J. R. Richardson discuss antler point restrictions on Thursday in Lansing.

2013-06-14 11:31:00

Both the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, left, and the Forest Stewardship Council, right, certify forestry practices.

2013-05-30 00:00:00

Roy Cribb, photographed in Leesburg, Fl., received the 2012 Forestry Service Firefighter of the Year Award in March.

2013-05-20 00:00:00