 2024 Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants Total $236,276
Maryland Environmental Trust has approved 18 grants totaling $236,276 to be awarded for environmental education, community cleanup, and beautification projects through the Keep Maryland Beautiful program.
Grants through the Keep Maryland Beautiful program are awarded to volunteer-based and nonprofit groups, communities, schools, and land trusts in Maryland. The grants are designed to support environmental education projects, litter removal, community stewardship, and to help protect natural resources in urban and rural areas.
Presented annually since 1986, the grant program is managed by the Maryland Environmental Trust – a unit of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources – and administered on the department’s behalf by the Chesapeake Bay Trust. The grants are funded by the Maryland Environmental Trust, Maryland Department of Transportation, and the Maryland Department of Agriculture.
 New Easement Protects 84 Acres in Garrett County
Maryland Environmental Trust thanks the Scheig family for the conservation easement donation protecting their 84 acres in Garrett County. Their forested property contains numerous eastern hemlock trees and vibrant streams. The mature mixed hardwoods on the slopes of the streams create a forested habitat rich with biodiversity. The conservation easement property adjoins the Laurel Area of Potomac State Forest. This true gem of ecological significance, protected by a conservation minded landowner, is worthy of celebration!
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