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New home construction and rip-rap shoreline replaces natural wetlands and forest buffer.
The edge of the forest buffer and marsh is visible on the right side of this photo. This home is part of a large residential development of former farmlands and waterfront estate grounds.
May 2005, Tred Avon River, Easton, MD

New home construction and rip-rap shoreline replaces natural wetlands and forest buffer. The edge of the forest buffer and marsh is visible on the right side of this photo. This home is part of a large residential development of former farmlands and waterfront estate grounds. May 2005, Tred Avon River, Easton, MD house development encroachment wetland loss urban impact

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New home construction and rip-rap shoreline replaces natural wetlands and forest buffer.
The edge of the forest buffer and marsh is visible on the right side of this photo. This home is part of a large residential development of former farmlands and waterfront estate grounds.
May 2005, Tred Avon River, Easton, MD
Stormwater culverts delivering runoff from roadways. At the intersections of State Routes 322 and 33, three large stormwater culverts open to the headwaters of the North Fork of the Tred Avon River, Easton, MD. environmental impact oil grease metal pollution brackish marsh Asphalt production plant's waterfront depot, empty gravel barge and crane. The >300' fully loaded gravel barges are pushed up-river by tugboats to this waterfront depot where the gravel is unloaded and hot mixed to produce road asphalt. The negative riparian impacts are: 1) the prop dredging of the river by the tug pushing oversized barges, resuspending the toxic benthic sediments; 2) streambank erosion from tug wake, and 3) stormwater runoff potentially laden with toxic hydrocarbons, oils, greases and metals. North Fork of the Tred Avon River, Easton, MD waterfront industry pollution negative environmental impact New home construction and rip-rap shoreline replaces natural wetlands and forest buffer. The edge of the forest buffer and marsh is visible on the right side of this photo. This home is part of a large residential development of former farmlands and waterfront estate grounds. May 2005, Tred Avon River, Easton, MD house development encroachment wetland loss urban impact Fish Dead from toxic algal bloom Algal bloom presumed responsible for large scale fish kills in Chesapeake Bay in summer 2003 red brown tide death killed Fish Kill in Choptank River Fish dead, suspected to be from toxic algal bloom entrapped in floating seagrass matt SAV Chesapeake Bay death red brown tide
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Filename:iil-ian-jh-0019.jpg
Album name:hawkey / Environmental Problems / Chesapeake Bay
Rating (2 votes):
Keywords:house development encroachment wetland loss urban impact
Photographer's Name:Jane Hawkey
Photographer's Company:IAN/UMCES
Date Photo was taken (MM/DD/YYYY):05/00/05
Media Type (Photo, Satellite Image, Vector Graphic, Map, Animation, Video):Photo
File Size:1683 KB
Date added:Jun 27, 2005
Dimensions:2403 x 1866 pixels
Displayed:204 times
Downloaded:9 times
Image Description:May 2005, Tred Avon River, Easton, MD
Color Space:sRGB
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Customer Render:0
Date Time:2005:06:22 11:14:01
DateTime Original:2005:06:05 00:51:35
DateTime digitized:2005:06:05 00:51:35
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ISO:100
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IPTC Title:New custom home development with rip-rapped shoreline.
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