The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently awarded the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) $32,000 from the Northeast Monarch Grants to States to support butterfly conservation and habitat restoration projects.
A large portion of the grant will help the state identify and restore 10 acres of butterfly habitat with assistance from the nonprofit Monarch Watch and Maryland Conservation Job Corps volunteers.
The remaining funds will go to the Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership to restore a greenhouse in Baltimore that will be used to grow plants for butterfly gardens.
Maryland has begun planting habitat, including milkweed and other plants integral to the lifecycle of the monarch, on government land and properties.
DNR has also assisted in monarch butterfly tagging efforts within the migration corridor at places like Assateague and Deep Creek Lake state parks.
source: Maryland Department of Natural Resources
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2015 Maryland Fall Turkey Season Totals
Hunters reported taking 116 wild turkeys during Maryland's three-county fall turkey season. The one week season ended on Nov. 7. The harvest was 13 percent lower than 2014, when hunters harvested 134 birds.
Harvests by county:
Allegany County 36
Garrett 49
Washington 31
source: Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Harvests by county:
Allegany County 36
Garrett 49
Washington 31
source: Maryland Department of Natural Resources
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