Neighboring Patuxent Wildlife Refuge Receives Accolades in The Washington Post
Budding naturalists and scientists will fall hard for this lush, 12,800-acre refuge in Laurel. As you turn off Powder Mill Road into the south tract, the emphasis on wildlife preservation is clear: Turtle and frog crossing signs dot the side of the road, which named Scarlet Tanager Loop for the brilliantly red and black songbirds that make their home here during warm-weather months. (You may need binoculars to see them, because they stick to the upper reaches of the tree canopy.)