BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Poolesville -- Cherrington Cooperative Wildlife Management Area

MD -- Poolesville -- Cherrington Cooperative Wildlife Management Area:

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1. CHERCO_150828_002.JPG: Conservation Parks Preserving our Natural and Cultural Heritage: Dickerson Conservation Park includes and protects a variety of exceptional natural resources. Natural features include a mature floodplain forest along the Potomac River. This setting provides habitat for a variety of wildlife and plant species including the largest tree currently found in the State of Maryland, an American Sycamore. Given its close proximity to Virginia, this land was inhabited by families, including that of Benjamin and Mary (Trundle) Shreve, who had ties to the South during the Civil War. Two of their sons, Daniel and Thomas, enlisted in Confederate cavalry units. This property was part of Cedar Grove, a 389-acre plantation owned by the Shreves where over 22 slaves labored in fields of wheat, rye, hops, corn, potatoes, and hay in 1860. Descendants of the Shreves retained ownership of the old homestead until 1944, when it was acquired by Edwin and Rita Cherrington. All that stands today from the Shreve estate is a large brick and fieldstone chimney that once heated a log house. This 304-acre property, also identified as the Cherrington Cooperative Wildlife Management Area, became a conservation park in the late 1980s. Montgomery County Conservation Parks: Conservation Parks are large parks that are acquired to preserve specific natural, archaeological or historical features. These parks may include outstanding examples of natural communities, populations of rare, threatened or endangered plant or animal species, or unique archaeological and historical resources. Development is very limited in conservation parks to protect these sensitive resources. Activity is generally restricted to recreational opportunities like hiking, fishing, information picnicking and nature study. As of 2012, there were ten Conservation Parks in Montgomery County that protect more than 4,300 acres.
Description of Subject Matter: The Cherrington Cooperative Wildlife Management Area (CWMA), also known as the Dickerson Conservation Area, is located northwest of Poolesville, Maryland. The property is owned by the Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (MNCPPC). The 290-acre tract is preserved for conservation purposes.
The above was from http://dnr2.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/publiclands/central/cherrington.aspx
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2015 photos: I retired from the US Census Bureau in god-forsaken Suitland, Maryland on my 58th birthday in May. Yee ha! Trips this year: a quick trip to Florida. two Civil War Trust conferences (Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA), and my 10th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles). Ego Strokes: Carolyn Cerbin used a Kevin Costner photo in her USA Today article. Miss DC pictures were used a few times in the Washington Post. Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Number of photos taken this year: just over 550,000.
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