Wildlife

Authorities too quick to kill fox

2013-05-07 10:30:00

I was absolutely appalled at reading that the dear baby fox who was rescued by concerned firefighters was euthanized for fear of rabies ("Rescued fox pup put down for fear of rabies," May 5). This baby fox was given a second chance at life when it was...

Eastern Shore wind project confronts eagles, Navy

2013-04-28 16:34:00

A wind power project proposed on the lower Eastern Shore that's struggling to overcome objections from the Navy has a new, airborne worry — bald eagles. Federal wildlife biologists say the population of the once-rare national bird has grown so...

Digest: Too Clever by Half wins fifth consecutive race, taking feature at Pimlico

2013-05-05 00:00:00

Pimlico Race Course Too Clever by Half wins fifth consecutive race Too Clever by Half won for the fifth consecutive time, taking the $52,000 feature at Pimlico Race Course. The 5-year-old mare was one of three turf winners on the card for jockey Sheldon...

Bel Air tries to spur residents to clean up the town

2013-04-29 09:32:54

As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, May 2, 1963: Bel Air's First Clean-Up Day began this week as city officials are fully cooperating in the effort to make Bel Air one of the nation's most progressive communities. More than 15...

General Assembly Digest

2013-04-05 18:08:46

State lawmakers pass budget The General Assembly gave its final approval Friday to a $36.9 billion state operating budget for next year that whittles down Maryland's long-term revenue shortfall without raising taxes. The House and Senate signed off on a...

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...

Bel Air Planning Commission rejects plan for 48 townhouses on St. Matthew site

2013-04-05 13:05:00

The members of the Bel Air Planning Commission voted 4-1 Thursday to deny an application by local developer Mike Jones to build 48 townhouses on a portion of property owned by St. Matthew Lutheran Church. The town annexed the nearly 52-acre...

Anne Arundel County volunteer briefs

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Helen Avalynne Tawes Garden & Shop Volunteers are needed to help with a variety of gardening tasks, including planting, watering, weeding and mulching. Also needed are tour guides, particularly in April and May, to assist the teacher-naturalist with...

Take back the planet, and not just on Earth Day

2013-04-22 03:00:00

For over 40 years, Earth Day has sent a powerful message: that each of us has both the capacity and the duty to support the environment that sustains us. This is certainly a message that dedicated conservationists can get behind, but what about everyday...

Despite the Boston bombings, we're safer than we think

2013-04-18 08:56:00

After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the most frequently heard forecast was: "This changes everything." Americans would live in constant fear of the next attack, many pundits predicted. The desire for safety would spawn a security state that...

The 'rain tax' sham

2013-04-16 10:49:00

There has been much hue and cry in recent days about the General Assembly approving a "rain tax" this year that is punitive, anti-commerce and unnecessary. What's truly remarkable about these protestations is how none of the underlying claims are true....

Atlantic whales, dolphins at risk from seismic testing, group warns

2013-04-16 06:10:00

Seismic testing for oil and gas off Maryland and other Atlantic coast states could cause widespread harm to whales, dolphins, sea turtles and fish, as well as to fishing and tourism, an environmental group warned Tuesday. Oceana said the federal...

Babcock Pond Wildlife Management Area in Colchester is an artist's palette filled with a blot of meadows, a squirt of swamps, a spot of lily-covered ponds and smudge of pine forests.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

In this undated photo, biologist Eric York carries a different mountain lion across a part of Grand Canyon National Park.

2013-05-16 15:36:51

A record-setting 800-pound, 14-foot, 3-inch alligator shot during a public hunt on the James E. Daughtrey Wildlife Management Area near Cotulla, Texas is seen in this handout photo provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and taken on May 7, 2013.

2013-05-16 00:00:00