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MARYLAND – U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen are requesting almost $11.2 million for projects on the Eastern Shore for Fiscal Year 2022. They say those projects will be geared towards infrastructure, job development, and environmental conservation.
In Dorchester County, $5 million dollars would go towards restoration projects at the Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, if the money is approved. Fish and Wildlife Services is currently working on a project to restore between 800 and 1,000 acres of marsh. They say they would use thin layer placement, living shorelines, invasive species control, and other management strategies to protect the land.
Published: April 6th, 2021
By Jodie Fleischer, Katie Leslie, Teneille Gibson, Steve Jones (NBC Washington) and John Upton, Kelly Van Baalen, Allison Kopicki (Climate Central)
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A new study shows many of Maryland’s most significant sites from Harriet Tubman’s life are in jeopardy of chronic flooding as sea level rise threatens the Eastern Shore. The News4 I-Team’s Jodie Fleischer reports on the impact as archaeologists rush to unearth more of Tubman’s story before it’s washed away.
This story was produced through a partnership between Climate Central and NBC4 in Washington DC.
Archaeologists discover long-lost homesite once owned by Harriet Tubman s father
Historic artifacts date back to early to mid 1800s Share Updated: 11:36 AM CDT Apr 21, 2021 By WBAL-TV
Historic artifacts date back to early to mid 1800s Share Updated: 11:36 AM CDT Apr 21, 2021
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Show Transcript Good morning. Mhm. I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful spring. My name is need a subpoena. I am the superintendent of the Maryland park Service and it is my great pleasure to welcome all of you to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park. Since opening its doors in 2017, we have welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world to learn about the remarkable life of Harriet Tubman. I think you would all agree that the park looks beautiful on this spring day. And I just like to thank and acknowledge our staff in the back there. Who were waving you in as you joined us. Thank you guys. Okay, okay, of course. L
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Socially distanced archaeologists in masks trudged through the wet forests on Marylandâs eastern shore, searching for signs of a long-abandoned home.
Julie Schablitsky, the chief archeologist for Marylandâs state highway administration, used a metal detector, hoping for nails or other signs of an old building.
Instead, along the roadway, she found an 1808 coin imprinted with the word âlibertyâ.
âWhen this thing came out of the ground, I was shocked,â Schablitsky told the Guardian.
Her discovery in November became a hopeful calling card: she and her team understood they might be getting close to finding the one-time home of Ben Ross, father of the famed Underground Railroad conductor, political activist and abolitionist Harriet Tubman.