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March 2023 | Land Trust eNews
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Maryland Environmental Trust Spotlight |
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Are You Using Remote Monitoring or Are You Considering It?
During last month's LOCATE User Conversation, MET's Stewardship Manager, Jon Chapman, discussed how MET uses the latest technology to conduct remote monitoring visits. MET uses Lens, a remote monitoring tool, to review imagery of our conservation easement properties. This tool allows MET staff and volunteers to view easement properties with multiple dates of hi-res imagery presented side by side, and compare them by swiping back and forth, looking for changes in land use.
If you missed Jon's presentation or or want to see it again, here is the recording.
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2023 Land Trust Directory
MET's Land Trust Directory lists land trusts and conservation partners who co-hold conservation easements and/or have an executed and current Cooperative Agreement with MET. The online Directory is updated annually and provides contact information for MET's current partners. The 2023 Land Trust Directory is available on MET's website. If you have questions about MET's Directory please contact Michelle at michelle.grafton@maryland.gov.
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Help Inform DNR's Chesapeake & Coastal Service's … Services
Maryland's Chesapeake and Coastal Service (CCS), a unit of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, would like to hear from those involved in climate change education and coastal resources training in Maryland to guide the direction of CCS's programs and services.
In an effort to better understand the steps that these organizations and institutions have taken in response to climate change, CCS is conducting a market analysis survey. The survey will take approximately 15-25 minutes depending on responses and is completely confidential. Thank you in advance for your participation. Take the survey online.
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DNR Seeking Public Comment for 2024 State Forest Work Plans
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is seeking public comment on the proposed fiscal year 2024 annual work plans for the Chesapeake/Pocomoke, Green Ridge, Potomac-Garrett, and Savage River state forests. The comment period concludes Friday, April 21, 2023.
Annual work plans help the department identify priorities within the scope of the forests’ long-range management. They address composition, establishment, growth, health, and quality along with construction and maintenance projects. Read more.
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Baltimore Oriole, Diamondback Terrapins and More:
What Will it Take to Restore Maryland’s Most Iconic Species?
March 24 | Registration Fee
Maryland’s most iconic species are facing great challenges to their survival, but that doesn’t have to happen. In 2022 the Maryland Darter fish was officially declared extinct and many more plant and animal species are going the way of the Dodo Bird. Join Forever Maryland's webinar to hear Dr. Chris Rowe and Dr. Amanda Rodewald, discuss a few of Maryland’s most iconic species, and the challenges they are facing regarding habitat loss, species decline, and what you can do to prevent further loss of these species. Learn more.
USFS ScienceX Webinar Series
Multiple March Dates | Free
The SCIENCEx webinar series brings together scientists and land management experts from across U.S. Forest Service research stations and beyond to explore the latest science and best practices for addressing large natural resource challenges across the country. Upcoming webinar topics include Science for Forest Planning; Ecosystem Services: Risks, and Benefits; Forest Inventory and Analysis; and more. Pre-registration required. Learn more.
Advanced Legal Issues Symposium 2023
June 8-9 | Registration Fee
The Alliance's Ninth Symposium on Advanced Legal Topics in Land Conservation will be a virtual event on a June 8 and 9. The Symposium will discuss complex legal challenges and emerging issues in land conservation. Speakers will explore leading cases and breaking developments in conservation law, privacy issues in stewardship, collaborative conservation with public funders, timber trespass enforcement, ethical and practice considerations for attorneys as in-house counsel, outside counsel and in other roles, and strategies for climate adaptation and changing circumstances. Registration will open in April. Learn more.
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Tools, Tech and Tutorials |
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 A Quick Guide to Adaptation Planning for Land Trusts
Developed by Forest Service scientists and the Land Trust Alliance, this "Quick Guide" helps land trusts adapt their holdings to climate change. The guide scales up or down depending on the size of the landscape being treated and is customizable for different ecosystems.
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 Chesapeake Bay Land Use and Land Cover Data is Now Published in Additional Formats
In 2022, the LULC data was released at county-scale through CC’s website. The USGS has recently published the data, which provides additional formats for users to retrieve the information.
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 Audubon's Native Plant Database
With Audubon's Native Plant Database, you can find the best plants for the birds in your area. Growing bird-friendly plants will attract and protect the birds you love while making spaces better for the environment. Explore all of Audubon's native plant resources, including fact sheets on creating a native plant garden.
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Share Your News
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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