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Atlantic sturgeon added to endangered species list: Illegal to catch, sturgeon get more federal protection
Southern Maryland News
2012-02-08

The Atlantic sturgeon, one of the world's oldest surviving species of fish, became the newest addition to the federally protected endangered species list last week, a designation that could lead to

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UM 'synthesis' center seeks to balance nature, people: Center is funded by $27.5 million federal grant
The Baltimore Sun
2012-01-30

Scientists, economists, politicians, educators and even an artist gathered Monday in Annapolis to mark the launch of an unusual University of Maryland think tank that aims to bring academic discipl

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Working toward fishing and swimming in the Inner Harbor
The Baltimore Examiner
2012-01-29

The 57th Mayor of Baltimore - Stephanie Rawlings Blake – has announced a plan to clean up Baltimore's Inner Harbor area so that it is swim-able and fish-able by 2020.

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Bold Plan Proposed to Save Coastal Louisiana
ABC News
2012-01-13

A $50 billion, 50-year proposal aspires to stop coastal land loss in Louisiana, build new levee systems to protect cities and even begin to slowly reverse the trend of eroding marsh that has turned

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$4.1M in Technology Projects Approved by Mtech Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program
The Sacramento Bee
2012-02-08

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb.

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$4.1M in Technology Projects Approved by Mtech Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program
Kansas City TV 5 News
2012-02-08

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UK. 'Self and Science: High Stakes Conflict in Murky Seas' IMarEST lecture
BYM Marine & Maritime News
2012-02-06

'Self and Science: High Stakes Conflict in Murky Seas' is the intriguing title scientist Professor David Wright has chosen for his Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)

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UK. International expert joins IMarEST Ballast Water Conference line up
BYM Marine & Maritime News
2012-02-06

Dr Mario Tamburri, Research Professor, University of Maryland and Director, Maritime Environmental Research Center (MERC), has joined the international speaker line-up at the forthcoming Institute

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DNR talks Savage River trout at open house
The Cumberland Times-News
2012-02-04

CUMBERLAND — More than 30 people came to an open house Saturday to hear about brook trout management in the upper Savage River drainage, some traveling from as far away as Baltimore and Sugar Grove

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So, why are the plant zones changing?
The Washington Post
2012-02-03

The interesting front-page story about the shifts in the Agriculture Department's plant hardiness zone maps since 1990 ["New plant map shifts area to warmer zone," Jan.

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