National Wildlife Refuge Threatened

The Chesapeake region's largest remaining wetlands face twin threats of suburban sprawl and rising sea levels.

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October 5, 2005, 6:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

The managers of the sprawling 28,000-acre Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge on Maryland's Eastern Shore recently achieved what they consider an environmental victory by trapping rat-like South American nutria. But new fronts are now emerging in the battle to protect an ecosystem: more than 6,000 homes planned on farmland that drains into the waters feeding the wildlife sanctuary and rising sea levels caused by global warming.

Thanks to Kui Zhao

FULL STORY: Blackwater preserve's natural balancing act

Tuesday, October 4, 2005 in The Baltimore Sun

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