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Blackwater Refuge reports habitat work, drought impacts and acquisitions to Dorchester County Council
Summary
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge staff told the Dorchester County Council they planted crops and performed habitat restoration, reported drought-related low waterfowl numbers and outlined recent land acquisitions and invasive-species treatments.
Dorchester County — Staff from Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge updated the Dorchester County Council on habitat management, acquisitions and recent operational work at the refuge on Feb. 4.
The refuge reported planting and habitat-management totals for the past year and described how a regional drought reduced waterfowl numbers. "This past year, we were able to plant 49 acres of corn, 58 acres of winter wheat, and maintaining a hundred and almost 50 acres of clover," said Marsha Fradings Long, a refuge representative. She added the refuge also planted about 12 acres of Japanese millet and maintains roughly 450 acres of impoundments in moist-soil vegetation.
The update said drought limited duck numbers…
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