Land Trust eNews: November 2022

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November 2022 | Land Trust eNews

Maryland Environmental Trust Spotlight

Succession Planning Workshop

Join Maryland Environmental Trust and Forever Maryland on November 30 for a free workshop on land trust sucession planning.

This workshop, Passing the Baton: The Challenges and Opportunities of Succession Planning, will focus on succession planning and transitions for land trust staff in leadership positions. You will hear from five local Maryland land trusts and learn how they navigated the path and transitioned to new leadership. This event is free of charge and lunch will be provided. Registration is required and ends on November 23.

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News You Can Use

UME's Providers Directory Updated to Include Stream Restoration Category

The Natural Area Management Services Providers Directory was developed by the Woods in Your Backyard Partnership and the University of Maryland Extension's Woodland Stewardship Education program. This directory serves as a way to connect land owners and managers to green industry services providers.

Launched more than a year ago, this directory provides an online list of businesses that provide natural area land management services for creating, enhancing and maintaining natural areas on private properties across Maryland. UME's recently updated their Natural Area Management Services Directory to include a new "Stream Restoration" category in the directory. This category includes a link to the resources provided by the Maryland Stream Restoration Association.

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Partners in Action

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.

As a final protective measure, MDOT MPA worked with Maryland Environmental Trust and Baltimore Green Space to secure an easement on the entirety of the waterfront property covering 70 acres of water and 46.8 acres of restored wetlands and nature trails. The conservation easement process was led by MET in partnership with BGS as the local anchor land trust and ensures that the land must be used for conservation purposes into perpetuity. Read more.

Learn and Explore

Key Findings of the Maryland Forest Technical Study

November 16, 2022 | Free

Please join the Harry Hughes Center for a webinar on the release of a study commissioned by the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology and conducted together with Chesapeake Conservancy and University of Vermont that used national and regional datasets and county surveys to assess the health of one of Maryland's important natural resources - forests. Learn more.

Urban Stewardship: Liberating Vacant Land

Webinar Recording | Free

Join the Stewardship Network and guests from The Land Stewardship Initiative of Urban Neighborhood Initiatives (UNI) to learn how they address local issues alongside residents and local youth, transforming vacant spaces into vital spaces that strengthen habitats, mitigate stormwater, and promote community bonding. Learn more.

Land Trust Alliance Upgraded Its Website

Online Resource Center | Membership Fee

The Land Trust Alliance's new website offers easy access to multiple Alliance web sites — their blog, job board, Find a Land Trust and online member resources in the Resource Center. The new Resource Center represents an expanded Learning Center where conservation practitioners can find tools, resources, information and trainings.

Tools, Tech and Tutorials

Climate Change Management Briefs for all 525 National Wildlife Refuges

Audubon scientists created management briefs for all 525 refuges managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The briefs detail what specific climate threats are affecting each refuge, including those in located in Maryland. Each brief describes how projected changes in a refuge’s climate could affect its bird populations.

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Lasers and Satellites Help Map the Chesapeake Watershed

Knowing how that land is being used and how it has changed over time is a critical part of improving water quality in and around the Chesapeake Bay. There are various ways we collect these data, but one of the most affordable and efficient ways is through remote sensing.

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New NASA Software Could Help Predict Water Quality Problems in the Chesapeake Bay

NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) are teaming up to create a software program to help identify impaired water quality more easily. The software is being designed to aid resource managers monitoring the Chesapeake Bay.

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Environmental News

DNR Secretary's Message: November 2022

Lessons Learned From Pop’s Old Place: A Case for Regenerative Agriculture

This Year’s Bay Barometer Gives an Overview of Nine Environmental Outcomes

Habitat Tip: Glow-In-The-Dark Backyards

5 Million Maryland Trees for Climate Progress

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If you would like to share relevant conservation news, success stories, announcements or events with Maryland's land trusts and conservation partners through this publication, please contact Michelle Grafton by the first of each month at michelle.grafton@maryland.gov.

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