Smith Island a Chesapeake gem and looming environmental endgame
Bruce Hamilton profiles Smith Island Maryland calling it an island out of time. He notes its fishing culture and isolation with few cars a mainland bank mail by boat and daily life shaped by water and erosion. The U S Army Corps estimates 14 million to prolong its existence and warn of rising seas threatening the community.
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John Smith
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Chesapeake Bay
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Baltimore Sun
Tom Horton
Horton
Crisfield
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Smith Island Field Journal From The Chesapeake Bay
Easton Star Democrat reporter Ben Werner details Smith Island lore with bird life on Martin National Wildlife Refuge shores and a brown pelican rookery nearby. He notes the island’s 8 by 4 mile size, 450 residents across Rhodes Point Ewell and Tylerton, and a Methodist church led by Rev Maxwell from Barbados.
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Easton Star Democrat
Tylerton
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Baltimore
Crisfield
Rhodes Point
Ewell
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Maxwell
Barbados
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Island Refuge on Smith Island Conserves Waterfowl Habitat
Island refuge Martin National Wildlife Refuge spans 4548 acres on Smith Island, established by Glenn L. Martin with a 2569 acre donation in 1954. It hosts migration roosts for ducks and geese, nesting areas, and several threatened species. Peregrine falcons, turtles, eagles, and diverse birds are monitored with towers, bands, and radio tracking. Public access is limited. visitor center in Ewell explains the refuge. For more information contact Pipe Telus manager at (410) 228-2677.
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Wildlife Service
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Tee Hamilton
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