TOP-SHELLF: UMD events foster environmental awareness, local history promotes conservation

By Jennifer Baxter
Talk of the environment has taken over campus this week through plant swapping, ceremonial planting and reflection of the nearly lost environmental gem, Guilford Woods. Read about it in this week’s newsletter!  Continue reading TOP-SHELLF: UMD events foster environmental awareness, local history promotes conservation

How the UMD community saved Guilford Woods, stopped housing development plans

By Lena LaJoy
The University of Maryland, along with a private developer, began a development plan in fall 2020 to tear down Guilford Woods and build graduate housing for campus and private town homes for residents, according to a biology professor. Continue reading How the UMD community saved Guilford Woods, stopped housing development plans