BGE created a wetland at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center near Fort Meade in Anne Arundel County as a mitigation for wetlands affected by the construction of our 500 kV transmission loop around Washington, D.C. Completion of the loop impacted 13 acres of federally protected wetlands, so we agreed to mitigate by building two wetland areas: two acres at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant and 25-acres at Patuxent.

 

The project allowed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expand its research center without having to pay for more land, and the U.S. Army turned formerly unusable real estate into an environmental showcase. Today, the public continues to benefit by having a beautiful educational site to visit and view wildlife in its natural habitat.