Tagged Stories: "rivers and streams"
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Tributary Tuesday: Difficult Run (Fairfax County, Va.)
April 3, 2012This Potomac River stream winds through development-burdened Northern Virginia before ending near Great Falls Park.
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Watershed Wednesday: Clean Bread and Cheese Creek (Dundalk, Md.)
March 28, 2012Clean Bread and Cheese Creek's goal is as simple as its name states: clean up trash and stop illegal dumping.
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Water quality report shows majority of Va.'s streams unhealthy
March 27, 2012Virginia added approximately 840 miles of streams and 2 square miles of estuaries to its list of impaired waters in 2012.
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Tributary Tuesday: Beaverdam Creek (Laurel, Md.)
March 20, 2012Beaverdam Creek may be a lesser-known tributary of the Anacostia River, but it is one of the most beautiful and scenic.
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Tributary Tuesday: Gwynns Falls (Baltimore County, Md.)
March 5, 2012Don’t go chasing waterfalls along Gwynns “Falls,” the 25-mile-long Baltimore County stream. You won't find any.
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Scientists to develop management plan for invasive catfish
March 2, 2012Blue and flathead catfish are two invasive species that threaten the Chesapeake Bay's rivers.
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Watershed Wednesday: Corsica River Conservancy (Centreville, Md.)
February 28, 2012Volunteers with the Corsica River Conservancy are seeking to remove the river from the list of impaired waters.
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Tributary Tuesday: Marshyhope Creek (Del. and Md.)
February 21, 2012Scenic Marshyhope Creek winds through Maryland's Eastern Shore on a path to the Nanticoke River.
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Tributary Tuesday: Sideling Hill Creek (Md. and Pa.)
February 6, 2012Sideling Hill Creek, a Potomac River tributary that runs through western Md., is one of the healthiest streams in the state.
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Watershed Wednesday: Conodoguinet Creek W.A. (Pa.)
February 1, 2012CCWA volunteers work with school groups, residents and local governments to remove trash and invasive plants.
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