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    • About Us
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      • Contact Us
    • Get Involved
      • Membership
      • Stream Monitoring
      • Clean Ups
      • Native & Invasive Plants
      • Advocacy
    • Events
    • NWB+Sightings
      • About the NWB
      • Maps
      • Insect Pics
      • Amphib & Reptile
      • Animal Pics
    • News
  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Board
    • Contact Us
  • Get Involved
    • Membership
    • Stream Monitoring
    • Clean Ups
    • Native & Invasive Plants
    • Advocacy
  • Events
  • NWB+Sightings
    • About the NWB
    • Maps
    • Insect Pics
    • Amphib & Reptile
    • Animal Pics
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Short Term Project

MARA, Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas

This project concluded in 2015.  The goal of the MARA project was to document the current distributions  of Maryland’s amphibian and reptile species using a systematic and  repeatable approach.       

Our Neighbor's of the Northwest Branch Team

 The state of Maryland conducted a systematic search for its reptiles and  amphibians and documented their presence. In a small section of  Maryland along the NW Branch, volunteers Glenn Welch,  Charlie Dorian,  and Gretchen Schwartz participated in the search.  Glenn, a board member of NNWB, is a  biology major who, though he enjoys flipping rocks for the Maryland  Amphibian and Reptile Atlas (MARA), works in a research lab at the U.S.  Dept. of Agriculture. Charlie, a retired chemist and clean water volunteer passed away in 2016 (link to memoriam), and Gretchen consults part-time for NIH and  teaches at University of Maryland University College. Charlie and  Gretchen were also Rock Creek Conservancy Stream Team Program volunteers  for Wheaton Claridge Park.  Gretchen and Glenn are also members of our stream water quality monitoring team.

See What We Found

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