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 its arrival, the...

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 conditions, and...

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