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Md. highway agency using insects to battle invasive species
(AP) — Maryland is using insects to fight invasive species. The State Highway Administration said Friday that it is using a weevil and a beetle that feed only on invasive species harming native plants in wetlands and along roadways. The weevil...Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, Wetlands
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Scouts holding meeting Tuesday about forest-management plan at Camp Sinoquipe
dona@herald-mail.comThe Mason-Dixon Council of the Boy Scouts of America will hold a meeting Tuesday night at Hagerstown Community College to discuss and address concerns about a draft forest-management plan for Camp Sinoquipe in Fulton County, Pa. Development of the plan,...Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Forests, Environmental Issues, Forestry and Timber, Youth Organizations
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The work is free and the rewards are great
July is truly summertime. We are having some fine blue-sky days but are also experiencing the white-sky, hot and muggy ones that make us long for air-conditioned interiors. Despite the discomfort to us thin-skinned mammals, life in the natural world is...Tags: Nature, Travel, Natural Resources, Politics, National Parks
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Md. DNR investigating Deep Creek Lake invasive plant
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is taking a closer look at an invasive aquatic plant in Deep Creek Lake. Officials said at a meeting Tuesday in Oakland they will assess the distribution of Eurasian water milfoil in the Western Maryland...Tags: John Griffin
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Franklin County homeless shelter to reopen after bedbug infestation
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comThe Franklin County Shelter for the Homeless will reopen Tuesday after an infestation of bedbugs forced its shutdown for almost the entire month of January. After a recent inspection confirmed that the bedbugs were gone, shelter Coordinator Trudy...Tags: Emergency Planning, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Homelessness, Nature, Politics
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Franklin County homeless shelter to close because of bedbug infestation
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThe Franklin County (Pa.) Shelter for the Homeless will close temporarily starting Saturday to address an infestation of bedbugs. The shelter is owned and operated by South Central Community Action Programs Inc. The Franklin County Commissioners have...Tags: Emergency Planning, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Social Issues, Homelessness, Nature
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