Updates
Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 3:31pm
The local county Phase II Watershed Implementation Plans are in, and the state of Maryland made its own submission to the Environmental Protection Agency this week. You'll recall that...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 11:50am
Reprinted from the Salisbury Daily Times, Dec. 14, 2011:
SALISBURY -- An ongoing effort to protect the Wicomico River from runoff has local environmentalists using trees as a first line of defense....
Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 6:58pm
In 1991, a number of local citizens became concerned when a developer started eyeing riverfront property near Tyaskin as a good site to build condominiums. Tyaskin is a small rural village...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 9:25am
Editorial July 31, 2011 Salisbury Daily Times
Like all Maryland counties, Wicomico County is currently drafting a Watershed Implementation Plan, known as a WIP. The plan is required of all counties...
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 8:18am
Editorial, June 19, 2011 Salisbury Daily Times
By Karen Lukacs
$1.2 billion is the amount that PJM and Pepco Holdings (the regional electric transmission organization and the owner...
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 8:07am
Salisbury Daily Times by Sarah Lake June 11, 2011
SALISBURY -- The Wicomico River is going on a diet.
"The Chesapeake Bay, the Wicomico River and all other rivers in the bay's watershed are...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 1:24pm
Join WET on a field trip to Slaughter Beach, Delaware, to observe the fascinating 350 million-year-old spawning ritual of the horseshoe crab. The trip takes place at the period of maximum...
Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 4:12pm
The Daily Times had an excellent article about the important victory for nature handed down by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals on March 2, in deciding a lawsuit WET brought as part of our...
Sunday, March 20, 2011 - 8:00am
Wicomico County is in the process of updating its comprehensive plan, which will guide development in the county for the next decade or more. As citizens, we all have the opportunity and...
Saturday, March 12, 2011 - 1:39pm
# 5: Farming. Agriculture, the county's number one industry, employs 3,000 and generates $125 million in sales and $20 million in tax revenue yearly. Protecting farmland from sprawling...
