2018 Annual Report
2018 Annual ReportDownload Our 2018 Funding Partners ANONYMOUS FOUNDATION provided a grant to CWH to support our work to restore wetlands. BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONsupported CWH’s work to restore and manage wildlife habitat through its employee matching gifts program. BIOPHILIA…
2017 Annual Report
2017 Annual ReportDownload
The American Woodcock, And Why We Should Be Cutting More Trees – Cool Green Science
Throughout their lives and even within a single day, American Woodcock are citizens of many habitats. By day they forage in forest, probing the soft soil with their bill in search of worms and insects. But every evening at sundown…
Nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Understanding Nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Implications for Management and Restoration— the Eastern Shore -PDF
Osprey: A Treasure of the Chesapeake
Ospreys, Pandion haliaetus, are large birds that have brown backs, white bellies and distinctive brown stripes through their mostly white heads. They usually reach a length of 21 to 24 inches and have a wingspan of approximately five feet. Ospreys…
Phragmites Control in Maryland
Phragmites Control Controlling invasive, noxious weeds in wetlands Phragmites (Phragmites australis) continues to invade the Eastern Shore and other parts of Maryland at an alarming rate. Not only does it grow so tall that it blocks the shoreline view, more…
Vegetation Studies in Power-line Rights-of-way (ROWs)
Vegetation Studies in Power-line Rights-of-way (ROWs) Managing for wildlife while maintaining a safe, reliable, national electric utility power supply In the United States there are between 8 and 10 million acres of utility ROW, comprising potential unique wildlife habitat opportunities…
Wildlife Videos
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Four Hundred Loons
Four Hundred Loons by Paul Randolph Spitzer, PhD (November 5, 2014) November brings migratory waterfowl from the North Country to the Bay. Among these are the loons, well-named in the UK as Great Northern Divers. They are the size of…
CWH-Owned Nutriplacer
CWH continues to assist the farming community reduce pollution and decrease fertilizer input through the use of the CWH-owned nutriplacer. This equipment places liquid fertilizers, principally nitrogen and phosphorus, about four inches below ground. The subsurface placement reduces nutrient surface…