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Horn
Point Laboratory
Horn Point Laboratory, this is our
G.I.S. Group home. HPL is part of the University
of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES).
The other UMCES laboratories are the Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory and the Appalachian
Laboratory.
NASA
Home Page
Much of our G.I.S. Group Research
is funded by NASA's Mission
to Planet Earth (MTPE) and hopefully contributes
to the Mission's goal of a better understanding of
how changes to the global environment impact the
ever changing Earth system.
Blackwater
National Wildlife Refuge
Blackwater National Wildlife
Refuge, located 12 miles south of Cambridge,
Maryland, was established in 1933 as a refuge for
migratory birds. The refuge includes more then 23,000
acres composed mainly of rich tidal marsh characterized
by fluctuating water levels and variable salinity.
Other habitat types include freshwater ponds, mixed
evergreen and deciduous forests, and small amounts
of cropland and managed impoundments that are seasonally
flooded for waterfowl use.
Originally
established for migratory birds, primarily ducks
and geese, Blackwater is one of the chief wintering
areas for Canada geese using the Atlantic Flyway. Geese
number approximately 35,000 and ducks exceed 15,000
at the peak of fall migration, usually in November.
Blackwater
is also haven for three of our nation's threatened
or endangered species. Bald eagles and Delmarva
fox squirrels are regularly seen on the Refuge,
as is the migrant peregrine falcon during certain
seasons of the year.
Isco
Manufactures products
for professionals working in water pollution monitoring
and abatement,
wastewater process control, and field and laboratory work. This is where we
got our Isco 6700 Series Sampler for our Greensboro gauging site.
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