Nature centers in Howard County, Laurel bring the outdoors to those shut in due to coronavirus pandemic

Though the doors to the Howard County Conservancy are currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, on a gray Friday morning, Ann Strozyk, a Howard County Public School System environmental educator, was able to lead a lesson on animal sounds to participants hailing from Columbia, Laurel, New York, Virginia and more. After sharing the eerie howl of a coyote and the whirr of cicadas, …