But hunter-backed poll also finds strong opposition among some western Maryland landowners

The hunter-backed effort to bring wild elk back to western Maryland is gaining some steam, though fierce resistance remains in key quarters.

Sun-driven electricity generating capacity surpasses 1 gigawatt in PJM network

Solar power is gaining a toehold in the Mid-Atlantic region. 

Four rivers to be added to route named for Captain John Smith

The 3,000-mile water and land trail network created to relive the Chesapeake Bay's 17th century exploration by English colonists is about to grow still larger.

NOAA says six fish populations nationwide fully recovered from overfishing

In a bit of good news for Maryland anglers, the federal government has declared the mid-Atlantic stock of summer flounder fully rebuilt after years of catch restrictions meant to curb overfishing.

Group says 'nation's river' threatened by urban, farm pollution, cutbacks in Congress

The Potomac River, which flows between Maryland and Virginia, was named the nation's "most endangered" waterway today by a Washington-based environmental group.

AG says MD may sue if fisheries panel doesn't curb Omega's harvest enough

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler says he's considering going to court if the interstate panel that regulates Atlantic coast fishing for menhaden doesn't cut back enough the catch of a Virginia-based fleet that takes the lion's share of the forage fish.

'BioBlitz' tallies birds, bugs and more in wooded campus enclave

Harvard University has a research forest.  So does Duke.  Yale has multiple forests.  The University of Maryland has “the wooded hillock." a 24-acre patch of trees at the northern tip of the state's flagship public campus.

Technical aid, $315,000 pledged for voluntary conservation in Catoctin Creek watershed

Farmers may be leery of anyone from the federal government promising help, but here's one offer that sounds too good to refuse.

Maryland Environmental Trust event targets land trusts and nonprofits

Representatives of land trusts and conservation groups are expected to gather May 15 in Columbia for a statewide conference on the challenges of saving land in Maryland.