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Drones to track one of the largest dam removals on the Eastern Seaboard

  • Written by Matthew E. Baker, Professor of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Drones to track one of the largest dam removals on the Eastern SeaboardBloede Dam (ca. 2016) near Ilchester, MarylandMatthew Baker/UMBC, CC BY-SA

This month, the Bloede Dam will be removed from the Lower Patapsco River near Ilchester, Maryland.

The restoration is a one-of-a-kind natural experiment that will help test how relatively inexpensive drones can help scientists like me understand the integrity of streams and...

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