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Storm brings first substantial snowfall to western Maryland

GRANTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — The season’s first significant snowfall is coating the mountains of far western Maryland in white.

The National Weather Service says the storm Monday could drop 1 to 3 inches of powdery snow in the higher elevations of Garrett County. Flurries were also spotted around Baltimore and on the Eastern Shore.

State Highway Administration spokesman David Buck says moderate snowfall Monday morning is not sticking to Interstate 68 in western Maryland. He says no problems have been reported on side roads in the region.

Read More Here:  http://wjla.com/news/local/storm-brings-first-substantial-snowfall-to-western-maryland

Board mulls gas drilling restrictions near Deep Creek Lake

OAKLAND, Md. — The Garrett County Commissioners are considering a Deep Creek Lake watershed management plan that would restrict drilling for natural gas in the resort area.

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The plan is up for discussion at Monday’s board meeting.

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The plan was drafted in 2014. It would prohibit wellheads on 41,000 acres around the lake.

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Some of that acreage overlies part of the gas-rich Marcellus shale rock formation. State environmental regulators are developing rules for allowing companies to drill for gas as early as 2017 using the technique called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Read more at http://www.wral.com/board-mulls-gas-drilling-restrictions-near-deep-creek-lake/15212791/#gJYmF6bm8Ylh5fg4.99

Wandering Sandhill Crane Becomes Maryland Zoo’s Newest Addition

BALTIMORE (WJZ)–In Japanese culture, cranes are good luck.

Here in Baltimore, the Maryland Zoo just got some good luck in a new addition.

Gigi Barnett explains why his name is Garrett.

You could say the new Sandhill Crane at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is a little out of his element.

Taylor Zoghby,  animal keeper at the zoo says, “they’re typically around Tennessee, West Virginia and west of there, through North America.”

But based on his appetite, he seems right at home.

Garrett is the zoo’s newest addition.

Read More Here: http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/12/18/wandering-sandhill-crane-becomes-maryland-zoos-newest-addition/

Larry Walsh: Temperatures this weekend will allow for snowmaking

By Larry Walsh / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Local and regional resorts are offering a variety of off-snow activities while they wait for below-freezing temperatures to make snow.

Depending on their locations, those temperatures might have arrived Friday night and they might return again tonight.

“The forecast for this weekend [Dec. 18-19] is absolutely gorgeous” said Shawn Cassell, spokesman for Snowshoe Mountain Resort in east-central West Virginia. “Those lows in the teens will make for some spectacular snowmaking conditions.”

Read More Here:  http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ski/2015/12/19/Temperatures-this-weekend-will-allow-for-snowmaking/stories/201512190052