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The refuge is located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, just 12 mi (19 km) south of Cambridge, Maryland in Dorchester County, and consists of over 28,000 acres (110 km 2) of freshwater impoundments, brackish tidal wetlands, open fields, and mixed evergreen and deciduous forests.
The goal of the Wombat Rescue is to return all wombats to the wild, even ones that are being hand-reared by humans. Wombats are herbivores and foragers, dig burrows in which to make dens, and have ...
Jennings Randolph Lake. Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Maryland.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Lake Elkhorn is a 37-acre (150,000 m 2) [2] reservoir located in the Owen Brown area of Columbia, Maryland. It is Columbia's third and largest lake. [3] [4] Its main features are a small dam and a park with a picnic pavilion and a two-mile (3 km) walking path around the lake. The path was built in 1982 [5] and is surrounded by a park and ...
On June 23, 2008, Prettyboy Reservoir became the site of the first rescue performed by the Baltimore County Fire Department using a helicopter with rescuers dangling from a rope. The victim was a 30-year-old woman who had injured herself while walking her dog.
Big Run State Park is a public recreation area located at the northern end of the Savage River Reservoir, an impoundment of the Savage River, in Garrett County, Maryland. [3] The state park occupies 300 acres (120 ha) in Savage River State Forest and encompasses the confluence of Monroe Run and Big Run. [ 4 ]
Deep Creek Lake is a man-made reservoir in the U.S. state of Maryland. [1] It has an area of 3,900 acres (16 km 2), a shoreline length of 69 miles (111 km), and a volume of 106,000 acre⋅ft (0.131 km 3). [2] [3] The lake is home to a wide variety of aquatic life, such as freshwater fish and aquatic birds.
Maryland State Police's Trooper 3 performed a hoist rescue Saturday in the area of the Appalachian Trail and Weverton Cliffs after a woman fell over 50 feet off a cliff face, according to state ...