All:

Just talked to the landowners of the property below, they are interested 
in selling to people who are conservation/natural history oriented and it 
would be a shame to have this property which is immediately adjacent to 
the Stronghold go to a developer or McMansion type.  The house is very 
modest and the grounds have been "improved" only in the sense of gardens 
and wildlife plantings, so it seems both affordable and appropriate to 
offer this to the natural history people first. 

They emailed me the blurb below and, if interested, people should contact 
them directly:


We are selling our humble home on 5 acres adjoining the Stronghold Inc, 
property on the west side of Sugarloaf Mountain in Frederick County, 
MD.  I would love to see some fellow naturalists become the new 
stewards here.  Our land has old field, pasture, new tree growth, two 
ponds, and a wetland, surrounded by over 7,000 acres of mature woodland 
in the lowest population density area in our region.  The address is 856 
Mt 
Ephraim Road, Dickerson,MD 20842.  Contact Mike Tolker at 301-874-2825.  


My apologies for this rare off-topic post on my part.


sam

 
Sam Droege   
w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5624
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC-EAST, BLDG 308, RM 124 10300 Balt. Ave., Beltsville, MD  20705
Http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov

Keeping Things Whole 


In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.

When I walk
I part the air
and always
the air moves in
to fill the spaces
where my body's been.

We all have reasons
for moving.
I move
to keep things whole.

        -- Mark Strand



P Bees are not optional.