by Scott McDaniel | Apr 13, 2012 | Feature
Click here to check out our latest video showing our nighttime salamander search! The temperature was 46 degrees and a steady rain had continued throughout the day, I knew what I had to do. After a long day of work my body pleaded with my brain to relax but from...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Apr 9, 2012 | News
From the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 ~ 7 pm By: Bruce Russell, Retired Coast Guard Commander Tales of sea monsters scuttling ships have fueled imaginations ever since intrepid mariners first set out to sea. Herman Melville wrote in his...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Mar 27, 2012 | Feature
When the new owners of a northern Harford County property moved into their home, they quickly realized they had a problem with some unwelcome guests. The interlopers were making a ruckus in their backyard, lounging on the patio, and even using their swimming pool at...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Mar 16, 2012 | News
Innovative partnership preserves working lands and supports efforts of private landowners to conserve habitat for at-risk species WASHINGTON —Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced a new $33 million partnership with...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Feb 19, 2012 | News
WASHINGTON — What can you do to help stop a ravaging virus from spreading farther in Maryland’s turtle population? As the Washington Post reported earlier this week, the animal disease ranavirus has been blamed for the gruesome deaths of some 26 box...
by Scott McDaniel | Feb 19, 2012 | Feature
We have nearly arrived at the tail-end of what has been a shockingly mild winter. The signs of spring are slowly emerging, you just have to look for them. Bird songs have begun to replace the still, winter silence. Plant life on the forest floor has started to peak...
by Scott McDaniel | Feb 18, 2012 | Feature
You may remember hearing about a wayward manatee that meandered its way to the mouth of the Susquehanna just a few years ago. While a manatee is always a pleasant surprise, we now have a new Florida species that has found its way to our shores. On February 1st, a...
by Scott McDaniel | Nov 24, 2011 | Feature
As many of us sit down today for a delicious oven-baked meal, we rarely consider the history behind our feast. The turkey most of us eat is a domesticated cousin of a wild counterpart that still lives right here in our backyard. Before the majority of food turkeys...
by Scott McDaniel | Nov 2, 2011 | Feature
Most of us who live in the northern counties of Maryland rarely envision sandy soil, pine trees, and flooded forests when we consider the wilderness of the Old Line State. Growing up in rural Carroll County, my mind instantly recalls the rolling farm fields,...
by Scott McDaniel | Nov 1, 2011 | Feature
While the crisp winter air still hangs atop the bare mountain peaks to the west, I always take a moment to embrace the change of seasons. Summer is now long gone and judging by the influx of candy in my house yesterday; October just came to an end. It most certainly...
