 Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Protected for Generations to Come
Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge has been protected with a formal conservation easement ensuring that communities will always be able to explore the wildlife refuge. In
total this easement will conserve, in perpetuity, 46.845 acres of the restored Masonville Cove property.
"Maryland Environmental Trust is grateful for the opportunity to have worked with the Port
Administration and Baltimore Green Space to permanently conserve and ensure public access to this truly wonderful shoreline property in the City of Baltimore," said John Turgeon, Director of Maryland Environmental Trust.
For over a decade the Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Areas has been serving countless community members young and old through a partnership of neighborhood organizations, The Port of Baltimore, Living Classrooms Foundation, The National Aquarium, and US Fish and Wildlife. As part of a larger mitigation project, the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) restored the area, re-establishing it as a wildlife sanctuary to be enjoyed by all. Last year alone this partnership served over 10,000 visitors, documented over 251 birds, and provided countless hours of enjoyment for those visiting the cove.
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