ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 19 (TNSres) -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: By Joe Zimmermann, science writer with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources In the late 2000s, the outlook for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay was grim. Known for its ups and downs, the blue crab harvest was going through a long stretch of almost all downs. The crab population steeply declined after 1997 and remained at record low harvests for a decade. The region lost nea  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 19 -- Hampshire College issued the following Q&A on June 18, 2024, with graduate Elizabeth Green, now an environmental filmmaking graduate student at American University: * * * Elizabeth Green 16F is an award-winning filmmaker with a breadth of experience working on both shorts and feature-length films. Her recent project, about the Anacostia River (https://www.pbs.org/video/reviving-the-forgotten-river-nqfeid/), Reviving the Forgotten River, premiered on PBS durin  more

PRINCE FREDERICK, Maryland, June 19 -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day visited parts of Huntingtown and Prince Frederick on Tuesday to learn more about Calvert County and shared goals. Calvert County was the 10th stop in DHCD's Day Trip series (https://news.maryland.gov/dhcd/category/day-trip/). The tours started in September 2023 to provi  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 19 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of Agriculture has announced that Loretta Collins has been appointed as the new Executive Secretary to the State Soil Conservation Committee. As the Executive Secretary, Loretta will coordinate conservation programs and activities with local soil conservation districts, federal and state agencies, and public and private agricultural and natural resource organizations  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 19 -- The Maryland Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The Maryland Public Service Commission has ordered electric and gas utilities in the state to provide a longer notice period to customers facing service disconnection as a result of a funding shortage in two utility bill assistance programs administered by the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Home Energy Programs (OHEP). While the Commission has opted not to impose a mo  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 19 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center's Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center have developed a 3D genomic profiling technique to identify small precancerous lesions in the pancreas -- called pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias (PanINs) -- that lead to one of the most aggressive, deadly pancreatic cancers. Published May1 in Nature, the results provide the most detailed 3D  more