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Pickering Creek Audubon Center is a 400-acre working farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland situated next to the tidal Pickering Creek in Talbot County, Maryland. The Center’s property features a variety of habitats including mature hardwood forest, fresh and brackish marsh, meadow, tidal and non-tidal wetlands, over a mile of shoreline on a tidal creek, and cropland. Two hundred and seventy acres are devoted to low impact “best management practice” agriculture. The center has been providing excellent environmental and science education programs to students from eight Maryland Counties and the District of Columbia for more than 25 years. Over 16,000 school children visit each year and are given the opportunity to make a physical and emotional connection to their Bay.

Visit the Pickering Creek Audubon Center website

Alan

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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge encompasses over 27,000 acres on Maryland’s beautiful Eastern Shore and has been designated a “Wetlands of International Importance” by the Ramsar Convention.

As a major stop on the Atlantic Flyway, Blackwater is a vital haven for waterfowl, as well as a sanctuary for the threatened American bald eagle, the endangered Delmarva fox squirrel, and the recently delisted peregrine falcon.

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Alan

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Tilghman Island is situated geographically in the mid Chesapeake Bay Region, minutes from historic St. Michaels, Oxford and Easton. The Island is close to Maryland and Delaware Beach resorts, and a leisurely drive from many major cities such as Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia.

Tilghman Island is a true working watermen’s village with excellent fishing and fresh seafood. It’s also home to the last commercial sailing fleet in North America, the skipjacks, which are on display at Dogwood Harbor.

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Alan

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Building on the dreams of a group from the local farming community, including farmer, sea captain, and state senator Robert P. Dean, the Museum of Eastern Shore Life was brought to reality in 1995. A small group of volunteers dedicated themselves to perserving the heritage of Queen Anne’s County and the Eastern Shore. That heritage would come to include farmers, watermen, buisness and professional people, and the “average” citizen of the County. Today, eight years after its inception, the Museum is experiencing a period of growth and change. One building has turned into three with the possibility of a fourth in our future.

Display items now number in the thousands and with this comes an increased demand for us to display and preserve these items rather than simply be a repository. Visit with us and make a new memory or jog an old one. If the idea of perserving the past appeals to you, then the Museum needs you as a volunteer worker, a docent, or a Board Member. Memberships start as low as $15 for an individual.

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Alan

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Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage is dedicated to creating, restoring and protecting wildlife habitat and establishing a more sustainable agriculture through direct action, education and research in partnership with private landowners. By increasing the amount and diversity of wildlife habitat, and educating the public about the need for wildlife habitat, CWH is improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

Visit the CWH website.

Alan

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