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A total of 11 bald eagles, one great horned owl and two foxes were found poisoned by carbofuran on a farm in Chestertown in 2019 – a property that is, in part, used as a regulated shooting area, according to …
The North Salisbury Elementary School Destination Imagination (DI) team took first place in their division at the DI Maryland Eastern Regional Tournament held Saturday at Salisbury Middle School – the team’s project was about bald eagles on the Eastern Shore …
While carbofuran, a federally banned and toxic pesticide, has been used repeatedly on Eastern Shore farmland to kill wildlife, including at least 30 bald eagles between 2009 and 2019, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) refuses to provide addresses …
Some local students are using their voices to educate others about the bald eagle poisonings that have happened in Maryland. In the past 10 years, 30 bald eagles have died as a result of poisoning by carbofuran, a banned and …
A bill to make the possession of carbofuran illegal will be introduced to the Maryland General Assembly in the upcoming legislative session, according to Beth Decker, executive director of Safe Skies Maryland, a conservation initiative which focuses on human-caused bird …