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By JESSICA WILDE | Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS — The Chesapeake Bay Foundation will focus its efforts this year on improving urban and suburban stormwater runoff, which is the one...

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Once upon a time, we lived in homes that were self-contained in ways we can hardly imagine today.  When it rained, all the water soaked in onto our land – often our fields of crops, nativ...

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Rhe Montgomery County Planning Board is expected to review on Thursday a tree canopy conservation bill proposed by the Montgomery County Council in November. Bill 35-12 would protect...

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His title may sound like something out of “Lord of The Rings,” with its kings, watchers and guardians, but the Potomac Riverkeeper's job is every bit of-this-world, and soon the man dedic...

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Protection of the county's street trees is on the agenda for the Montgomery County Council on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The roadside trees protection bill (No. 41-12) "would require certain ...

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This past Thursday (Nov. 15) was America Recycles Day, and in the spirit of the occasion, there’s a simple and easy way for all of us to pitch in and help the environment: by recycling ol...

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If you were asked to name the color most associated with Halloween, most people would say orange or black, but a growing number of companies and individuals are making green an important ...