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Posted on: August 17, 2017

[ARCHIVED] Cox Creek are closed to Shellfish Harvest for 2 weeks

Maryland Department of the Environment advises

Due to a sewage spill on Wednesday August 17, 2017 near the headwaters of Cox Creek, Queen Anne's County, the conditional area of Cox Creek will be closed to shellfish harvest from Thursday August 17 through Wednesday September 6, 2017.

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