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Perennial native plants like the bee balm (Monarda didyma) are recommended for rain gardens, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The red color attracts hummingbirds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
Bee balm (Monarda didyma)
Perennial native plants like coneflowers (Echinecea) are recommended for rain gardens, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. They attract birds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
Coneflowers (Echinecea) and bee
Conceptual diagram illustrating tabulated Best Management Practices (BMPs).
Best Management Practices (BMPs)
By elevating the rain barrel in this vegetable garden, the property owner is more likely to get a steady water flow.
Elevated rain barrel
Chesapeake Watershed Forester and landowner agree on best management practice strategies, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Forester and landowner agree on healthly forest…
Landowner and Chesapeake Watershed Forester discuss how to handle the invasive poison ivy climbing the trees, on an Eastern Shore of Maryland farm.
Forester and landowner consult
Chesapeake Watershed Forester and landowner consult in the forest, in Maryland.
Forester and landowner consult during a survey of…
Chesapeake Watershed Forester and landowner amid a healthy mixed forest, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Forester and landowner survey the forest
Chesapeake Watershed Forester and landowner discuss best management practice options, on an Eastern Shore Maryland farm.
Landowner and Forester consult
Hybird cars are appreciated with favorable parking spaces.
parking for hybrid vehicles
Illustration of a clipboard
Clipboard
Adult black-necked stilt
Himantopus mexicanus (Black-necked Stilt)
Side view of adult American Avocet with summer plumage
Recurvirostra Americana (American Avocet) :
Side view of adult American Avocet with winter plumage
Recurvirostra Americana (American Avocet) :
A healthy forest in Shenandoah National Park. Shenandoah National Park, VA
Healthy forest
Overlooks are common along the roads that run through Shenandoah National Park. These overlooks are managed to maintain views of the valleys and mountains of Shenandoah. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Overlooks
Overlooks are common along the roads that run through Shenandoah National Park. These overlooks are managed to maintain views of the valleys and mountains of Shenandoah. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Overlooks
Overlooks are common along the roads that run through Shenandoah National Park. These overlooks are managed to maintain views of the valleys and mountains of Shenandoah. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Overlooks
In Shenandoah National Park, electrical power lines cross through the park, and the area around them must be maintained and managed. While they are needed, they also bisect the natural areas of the park and can disturb wildlife. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Power lines in Shenandoah
In Shenandoah National Park, electrical power lines cross through the park, and the area around them must be maintained and managed. While they are needed, they also bisect the natural areas of the park and can disturb wildlife. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Power lines in Shenandoah
In Shenandoah National Park, electrical power lines cross through the park, and the area around them must be maintained and managed. While they are needed, they also bisect the natural areas of the park and can disturb wildlife. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Power lines in Shenandoah
A section of Pipe Creek was widened to reduce sediment erosion from the streambanks. Sandusky, Ohio.
Creek Restoration
A section of Pipe Creek was widened and the bridge crossing it expanded to reduce sediment erosion from the streambanks. Sandusky, Ohio.
Creek Restoration
This sign reminds people not to litter in Pipe Creek. Sandusky, Ohio.
Pipe Creek Watershed Sign
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