Area Environmental & Wildlife

Offering acres of fields, forests and shoreline, all have programs for children and adults of all ages. Experience nature first hand.

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge encompasses over 27,000 acres on Maryland's beautiful Eastern Shore and has been designated a "Wetlands of International Importance" by the Ramsar Convention. As a major stop on the Atlantic Flyway, Blackwater is a vital haven for waterfowl, as well as a sanctuary for the American bald eagle, the endangered Delmarva fox squirrel, and the peregrine falcon. The Friends of Blackwater invite you to come explore the Refuge "Time" magazine once called "nature on the throne of her glory." Come see what all the fuss is about - we know you won't be disappointed. RFD 1, Cambridge, MD
410 228 2677 www.friendsofblackwater.org

Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center
The Wildfowl Trust of North America, Inc. (WTNA) was founded in 1979 as a direct response to the dwindling waterfowl population of the Chesapeake Bay. In 1981, the Trust purchased 315 acres in Grasonville, Maryland, on which it built the Horsehead Wetlands Center. In 2002 the Horsehead Wetlands Center was renamed and became the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center(CBEC). The Center developed its programs and exhibits to serve the general public statewide and to educate the region’s residents to appreciate the unique natural environment of the Chesapeake Bay, in particular wetlands and wildlife that inhabit them. The Trust developed a vigorous education program for children and adults and is addressing the curricular needs of Maryland’s students. The resident raptors and natural flocks of waterfowl inhabiting the peninsula’s shores have become genuine ambassadors for their species and wetlands education. The resident raptors frequently accompany the staff to schools and community events. 600 Discovery Lane Grasonville, MD 21638
410 827 6694 www.bayrestoration.org/

Jean duPont Sheehan Audubon Center
The Jean Ellen duPont Shehan Audubon Sanctuary offers year round, science-based programs to audiences of all ages. Activities range from Chesapeake Bay ecology to bird walks to canoe trips to Nature and the Arts summer camps. The education staff provides after-school programs, summer camps, pre-school programs, elementary and high school programs both on-site and on the school grounds. In addition to programs for organized groups such as school classes, the Sanctuary offers programs for adults, children and families from the local community. On selected Mondays and Sundays, the Sanctuary is open to the public for self-exploration. The Sanctuary also serves as the state office for Audubon Maryland-DC. Rte. 579, Bozman, MD
410 745 9283 www.audubon.org/chapter/md/md/centers_JEDS.html

Pickering Creek Audubon Center
Pickering Creek Audubon Center is a 400-acre working farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland situated next to the tidal Pickering Creek in Talbot County, Maryland. The Center’s property features a variety of habitats including mature hardwood forest, fresh and brackish marsh, meadow, tidal and non-tidal wetlands, over a mile of shoreline on a tidal creek, and cropland. Two hundred and seventy acres are devoted to low impact “best management practice” agriculture. The farmed acreage of Pickering Creek is its link to the significant farming heritage of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 11450 Audubon Lane, Easton, MD
410 822 4903 www.pickeringcreek.org