Chesapeake Bay Program Issues Commentary: Rattlesnake That Calls the Appalachian Mountains Home
September 17, 2026
September 17, 2026
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Sept. 17 -- The Chesapeake Bay Program issued the following commentary:
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A rattlesnake that calls the Appalachian Mountains home
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A rattlesnake that calls the Appalachian Mountains home
The timber rattlesnake is one of the only venomous snakes found in the Bay watershed
By Marisa Baldine | September 15, 2026
Hearing the word rattlesnake might conjure images of a western diamondback surrounded by cacti in the desert. While old westerns featured these desert icons . . .