Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Maryland: Skepticism Greets Artificial Wetlands Project
A developer's plan to build an artificial wetland to support construction of a luxury housing project in this 300-year-old Eastern Shore town is being greeted with skepticism by some residents and environmentalists. For developer George Valanos, the proposal to fill in 4 acres of the Miles River with sand and stone which would then be seeded with spartina grass would halt erosion and help the Chesapeake Bay.
