Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Projects

The number of juvenile American eel using the eel-passage structure at the Daniels Dam on the Patapsco River this year was an estimated 36,500. In 2018, the total was just 36. Later that year, the Bloede Dam, the only downstream barrier preventing American eel from making their way to Daniels, was...

Press Release

Nov 10, 2022

A furry, beaver-like animal perches in the mud of a coastal wetland. It uses its paws to gather marsh grass roots to eat.

Good riddance to bad rodents

After 20 years of work, the Chesapeake Bay Nutria Eradication Project (CBNEP) has finally achieved its mission of completely removing the invasive nutria rodent from its region, where it destroyed thousands of acres of marshland, totaling damages exceeding $6 million. They celebrated this victory...

Story

Sep 16, 2022

Habitat Restoration

Partner Category

State and Provincial Agencies

Our hands-on stewardship and public engagement is often done in conjunction with state and provincial agencies.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Other Partners

Here are just a few of our National Partners. You can view the full list of FWS partners, along with the regions and areas of focus our work together entails.