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Upland trees, phragmites marsh and shoreline protection.
Concrete slabs, shown on the left side of the photo, can be spaced apart to provide wildlife access to and from wetlands and uplands while still providing some degree of shoreline protection. This innovative approach is generally considered an improvement over the common rip rap shown on the right side of this photo, which is a significant and often insurmountable obstacle to wildlife.
May 2005, Town Creek, Oxford, MD

Upland trees, phragmites marsh and shoreline protection. Concrete slabs, shown on the left side of the photo, can be spaced apart to provide wildlife access to and from wetlands and uplands while still providing some degree of shoreline protection. This innovative approach is generally considered an improvement over the common rip rap shown on the right side of this photo, which is a significant and often insurmountable obstacle to wildlife. May 2005, Town Creek, Oxford, MD bank erosion soft shoreline protection aquatic fauna native species nesting habitat rip rap wetlands

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Upland trees, phragmites marsh and shoreline protection.
Concrete slabs, shown on the left side of the photo, can be spaced apart to provide wildlife access to and from wetlands and uplands while still providing some degree of shoreline protection. This innovative approach is generally considered an improvement over the common rip rap shown on the right side of this photo, which is a significant and often insurmountable obstacle to wildlife.
May 2005, Town Creek, Oxford, MD
Great Blue Heron fishes alongside road runoff culverts Easton, MD The application of an herbicide on a farm field. Over-application of herbicides and pesticides on farm fields can result in excess toxins and nutrients reaching the waterways. Trappe, MD, June 30, 2005 herbicide pesticide spraying tractor farm eutrophication dead zone Chesapeake Upland trees, phragmites marsh and shoreline protection. Concrete slabs, shown on the left side of the photo, can be spaced apart to provide wildlife access to and from wetlands and uplands while still providing some degree of shoreline protection. This innovative approach is generally considered an improvement over the common rip rap shown on the right side of this photo, which is a significant and often insurmountable obstacle to wildlife. May 2005, Town Creek, Oxford, MD bank erosion soft shoreline protection aquatic fauna native species nesting habitat rip rap wetlands Upland trees, phragmites marsh and concrete shoreline protection. Concrete slabs are sometimes spaced apart to provide wildlife access to and from wetlands and uplands while providing some degree of shoreline protection. May 2005, Town Creek, Oxford, MD bank erosion innovative shoreline protection aquatic fauna native species nesting rip rap wetland plants flora invasive exotic species Unofficial boat ramp and degraded shoreline. While Easton Point has a public boat launch, this shoreline on an adjacent lot has been modified to support an unoffical boat ramp. May 2005, Tred Avon River, Easton, MD hydrocarbon metal oil grease pollution runoff urban impact erosion degradation
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Filename:iil-ian-jh-0027~0.jpg
Album name:hawkey / Environmental Problems / Chesapeake Bay
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Keywords:bank erosion soft shoreline protection aquatic fauna native species nesting habitat rip rap wetlands
Photographer's Name:Jane Hawkey
Photographer's Company:IAN/UMCES
Date Photo was taken (MM/DD/YYYY):05/00/05
Media Type (Photo, Satellite Image, Vector Graphic, Map, Animation, Video):Photo
File Size:1351 KB
Date added:Jun 27, 2005
Dimensions:2560 x 1920 pixels
Displayed:363 times
Downloaded:6 times
Image Description:May 2005, Town Creek, Oxford, MD
Color Space:sRGB
Components Configuration:YCbCr
Compressed Bits Per Pixel:1
Contrast:0
Customer Render:0
Date Time:2005:06:22 11:26:47
DateTime Original:2005:06:05 02:47:48
DateTime digitized:2005:06:05 02:47:48
Digital Zoom Ratio:0
Exif Image Height:1920 pixels
Exif Image Width:2560 pixels
Exif Offset:272
Exif Version:version 2.2
Exposure Bias:0 EV
Exposure Mode:0
Exposure Program:Program
Exposure Time:1/281 sec
FNumber:f 5.9
File Source:Digital Still Camera
Flash:No Flash
Flash Pix Version:version 1
Focal length:71.2 mm
Gain Control:0
ISO:100
Light Source:Unknown or Auto
Make:NIKON
Max Aperture:f 2.8
Metering Mode:Multi-Segment
Model:E5700
Orientation:Normal (O deg)
Resolution Unit:Inch
Saturation:0
Scene Capture Mode:0
Scene Type:Directly Photographed
Sharpness:0
Software:Adobe Photoshop 7.0
White Balance:0
X Resolution:300 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution:300 dots per ResolutionUnit
YCbCrPositioning:Datum Point
IPTC Title:Shoreline protection options: rip rap or broken concrete with op
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