Fort Detrick is home to Shookstown Creek, one of more than 100,000 rivers and streams that make up the Chesapeake Bay watershed, which covers 64,000 square miles across six states. Over time, the creek lost its natural form, resulting in erosion, loss of habitat for plants and animals, and increased pollution.
Installation Management Command (IMCOM) invested $2.1 million to restore, realign, and stabilize 3,624 linear feet (.7 miles) of stream to a more natural state, create an additional 13,164 square feet (.3 acres) of wetlands, and plant approximately 800 native trees.
| Date Taken: | 01.05.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 02.10.2021 13:56 |
| Photo ID: | 6516137 |
| VIRIN: | 210105-O-DO003-320 |
| Resolution: | 788x591 |
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| Location: | FREDERICK, MD, US |
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