Whether you’re hiking ACLT trails, volunteering at events, or stewarding the landscape, ticks are simply something we all must contend with. This past summer, I conducted a second tick surveillance study to build on the findings of ACLT’s first formal tick surveillance study, which I carried out during the spring and summer of 2025. The 2025 study established the sampling protocols used in this year’s survey and provided valuable insight into tick populations across ACLT prop

New acquisition preserves critical habitat in Calvert County and expands opportunities for public access. In June, ACLT acquired and permanently protected one of the largest remaining undeveloped properties in the Parkers Creek Watershed - a beautiful 90-acre tract of land that increases ACLT's preserved lands to more than 3,500 acres. This acquisition represents another important milestone in our 40-year commitment to conserving the natural and cultural resources that make t

By Addy Dunbar, Double Oak Farm Manager 2025-2026 Climate Corps and Maryland Corps Member Spotted lanternfly-Photo by Lawrence Barringer, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org A new and not-so-welcome visitor is coming to Southern Maryland, and we’ve got our first few arrivals at ACLT. The spotted lanternfly (SLF), an invasive insect species native to China, Vietnam, and India, has been in the US since 2014, when it was first identified in Pennsylvania. Since

Since 2021, the Friends of Hunting Creek (FOHC) have been the self-proclaimed eyes, ears, and advocates for Calvert County’s largest watershed. Their longest-running method of monitoring is a simple yet effective once-a-year program known as the Water Quality Blitz. Each spring, the FOHC takes to the non-tidal, upper tributary streams of the Hunting Creek watershed, collecting water samples for nitrogen (NO23) analysis. By timing the Blitz with early spring, pre-leafout condi

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