25: No Point B
Third Haven Woods, Easton, Md E A S T O N, M D Immediately after stepping into the woods, I couldn’t be more pleased. My brother Skip’s thoughtful slow pace is a great sign; it matches my own which is ideal for this first of eighteen properties I’ll be visiting over the next three weeks. We’ve entered Third Haven Woods, a 500 acre tract protected since 1977 by The Nature Conservancy along the edge of a thin country road on Maryland’s eastern shore. It’s a remnant of the forest that once covered the Delmarva Peninsula. The towering oaks, maples, pines, and tulips – some four feet in diameter - provide the canopy under which we wander. Many flora and fauna flourish under this protective canopy including skinks, mud minnows, blueberry bushes, dogwoods, migratory birds, and the Delmarva fox squirrel, a recovering, once-pervasive species that has been federally protected since 1973. What’s best about this place is what it lacks. There are...