NASA completed the transfer of a 105-acre wooded parcel in Maryland to the neighboring Patuxent Research Refuge. The land, once used for propellant research, has been cleared of infrastructure and restored to nature. It now expands the largest continuous block of unfragmented forest between Washington and Baltimore.
(c) Tom Fisk

La NASA transfère 105 acres de forêt à une réserve du Maryland

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La NASA a finalisé le transfert d’une parcelle boisée de 105 acres située dans le Maryland au refuge de recherche Patuxent adjacent. Ce terrain, jadis dédié à la recherche sur les ergols, a été débarrassé de ses infrastructures afin d’agrandir la plus vaste zone forestière non fragmentée entre Washington et Baltimore.

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