Garrett County Gazette, May 2023 🌦️ View in browser Welcome to the current issue of the Garrett County Gazette. I’m Chris Nichols, your guide to helping you find out what’s going on, what’s coming up and interesting tidbits from the area. Let’s jump right in! County Commissioners propose to increase tax revenue I try toContinue reading “Garrett County Gazette, May 2023”
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The “low-down” on Deep Creek Lake water levels
The waters of Deep Creek Lake have a number of uses including electricity generation, lake recreation, whitewater boating and trout habitat enhancement. The level of Deep Creek Lake is governed by a permit issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment which attempts to balance these uses. In this presentation, I go through the usesContinue reading “The “low-down” on Deep Creek Lake water levels”
The First Visitor’s Map of Deep Creek Lake?
A friend of mine recently gave me this map that he purchased at an auction. What a find! It’s a 1936 map of Deep Creek Lake made by Frank Corliss, who was in charge of the surveying for the original land acquisition of the lake. Labeled with roads, the businesses along the “strip” on 219Continue reading “The First Visitor’s Map of Deep Creek Lake?”
Where to swim in Garrett County, MD
Summer is coming and a common question is “Where can I go swimming?” Deep Creek Lake of course comes to many people’s minds, but with so many streams, rivers and lakes and so much public land, there are lots of other places to go swimming, from sandy beaches to river plunges. Check out the narratedContinue reading “Where to swim in Garrett County, MD”
Who OWNS Garrett County, MD?
I’ve been working on some projects looking at large landowners in the County and decided to make it a full analysis of ownership types across the whole County. Below are the slides from the presentation and you can watch a narrated version on my Youtube channel
My trail wish list
The subject of trails has been in the local news lately. I decided to add my 2 cents worth to the discussion with a video of what new trails I’d like to see in Garrett County. You can download the slides here Watch the narrated version on my Youtube channel Or see all the slidesContinue reading “My trail wish list”
Garrett County Gazette, February 2023
*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Welcome to the December issue of the Garrett County Gazette. I’m Chris Nichols, your guide to helping you find out what’s going on, what’s coming up and interesting tidbits from the area. Let’s jump right in! Deep Creek Lake Lions celebrate 50 years of the Blind Skier program On the evening of Feb 7Continue reading “Garrett County Gazette, February 2023”