Wetlands are characterized by water-loving plants and soils that are saturated or periodically flooded

On a small farm in Calvert County, soil scientist Gary Jellick measures the water levels in pipe wells scattered across what looks to the untrained eye like a muddy field

ANNAPOLIS – School volunteers who are injured on the job are not entitled to weekly disability payments under the state workers’ compensation law, Court of Appeals ruled Thursday

ANNAPOLIS – Proponents of a bill to expand the public’s right to know about toxic chemical use in their neighborhoods got an easy reception from a Senate committee Tuesday

ANNAPOLIS – As the General Assembly began debating two of Gov

At the three-lane vehicle emissions inspection station in Calvert County last week, Dennis Noonan rounded a tree-lined corner and headed straight for the dynamometer test

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland officials hope to increase the state’s wetlands acreage by ten percent as part of a new plan to set “benchmarks” that measure environmental progress

ANNAPOLIS – If the dairy industry gets its way, milk will soon share the spotlight with square dancing, a snail fossil and the black-eyed Susan as an official state symbol

Annapolis — Mayors from across the state on Thursday publicly embraced the governor’s Smart Growth initiative, an effort to revitalize urban neighborhoods and direct suburban growth

In the South Baltimore neighborhood of Brooklyn, blocks of rowhouses surround eclectic small businesses like grocery stores that sell used baby strollers and sidewalk stands of fresh vegetables