Updates
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 10:46am
by Karen Lukacs
Our current national partisan divide shows us that politics can have a debilitating effect on governing. Elected leaders, instead of working out compromises using the processes and...
Monday, December 3, 2012 - 5:21pm
Like other rural counties, Wicomico County leaders have been solicited by a law firm – Funk & Bolton – that proposes to help the County get rid of two important pollution...
Saturday, August 18, 2012 - 10:34pm
By John Groutt
A research report released on Thursday by the Center for Progressive Reform raises a hot environmental issue: the concern that the real costs of “nutrient trading” (a...
Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 2:40pm
As we approach the solstice and spring slides into summer, we should take a moment to note the green shoots that are coming up in Wicomico County.
The 2011 Wicomico Creekwatchers Report --...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 10:25pm
Want to see bass fishing back in the Wicomico River? Want to be able to swim in the river? Want to restore the natural landscape to protect tourism, property values, and wildlife?
Here's how:
The...
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 12:29pm
Photo courtesy of the Clean Water - It's Our Right campaign
Several weeks ago, Maryland submitted its Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) to the EPA. The plan details how the state and...
Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 4:31pm
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 - 12:50pm
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 - 7:58pm
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 - 10:25am
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...
