by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Feb 19, 2012 | News
WASHINGTON — What can you do to help stop a ravaging virus from spreading farther in Maryland’s turtle population? As the Washington Post reported earlier this week, the animal disease ranavirus has been blamed for the gruesome deaths of some 26 box...
by Scott McDaniel | Feb 19, 2012 | Feature
We have nearly arrived at the tail-end of what has been a shockingly mild winter. The signs of spring are slowly emerging, you just have to look for them. Bird songs have begun to replace the still, winter silence. Plant life on the forest floor has started to peak...
by Scott McDaniel | Feb 18, 2012 | Feature
You may remember hearing about a wayward manatee that meandered its way to the mouth of the Susquehanna just a few years ago. While a manatee is always a pleasant surprise, we now have a new Florida species that has found its way to our shores. On February 1st, a...
by Scott McDaniel | Nov 24, 2011 | Feature
As many of us sit down today for a delicious oven-baked meal, we rarely consider the history behind our feast. The turkey most of us eat is a domesticated cousin of a wild counterpart that still lives right here in our backyard. Before the majority of food turkeys...
by Scott McDaniel | Nov 2, 2011 | Feature
Most of us who live in the northern counties of Maryland rarely envision sandy soil, pine trees, and flooded forests when we consider the wilderness of the Old Line State. Growing up in rural Carroll County, my mind instantly recalls the rolling farm fields,...
by Scott McDaniel | Nov 1, 2011 | Feature
While the crisp winter air still hangs atop the bare mountain peaks to the west, I always take a moment to embrace the change of seasons. Summer is now long gone and judging by the influx of candy in my house yesterday; October just came to an end. It most certainly...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Oct 29, 2011 | News
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has dedicated the Woodcock Habitat Demonstration Area at Mount Nebo Wildlife Management Area in honor of Dr. Aelred Geis, a longtime resident of Howard County and a migratory bird biologist with the U.S. Fish and...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Oct 19, 2011 | News
From Kathleen Woods: It is hard to compose a proper eulogy for Donald Zantop. He was my hero, my mentor, my larger than life figure (I spent most of my rehabilitation career terrified that I would disappoint him), and a true advocate for wildlife rehabilitators. He...
by Susquehannock Wildlife Society | Sep 27, 2011 | News
The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) is investigating the killing of a mature bald eagle that occurred in the 14000 block of Hazen Road in Cumberland, Md. along Evitts Creek. The dead bald eagle was found and reported at 3:30 p.m. on September 16. A preliminary...
by Scott McDaniel | Jul 17, 2011 | Feature
When most of us think of wildlife rescue and conservation, images of oil covered seagulls, giant pandas, and beached whales are probably what come to mind. What about all of the precious wildlife that isn’t found in some exotic place, but a few miles from our homes,...
