Posted on Jun 2, 2018
Flooding And Rising Seas Threaten America's Oldest Farmland
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Bob Fitzgerald lives on the edge of a flat field that's just a few feet above sea level. It's the same spot on Maryland's Eastern Shore where his ancestors settled before the U.S. became a country.
"The land grant came into the family in 1666," he says.
"The land grant came into the family in 1666," he says.
Flooding And Rising Seas Threaten America's Oldest Farmland
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Farming
Climate Change
Meteorology
Flood
Agriculture
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth Ancestral Home of My English Kin that arrived Here in Mid 1600's Catholics escaping the Protestant Reformation.
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Islands with coveted, lavish homes in California’s Newport Beach’s Bay are planning on building dykes to deter seawater intrusion. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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