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 208 Acres Protected in Queen Anne's and Caroline Counties
Last month Maryland Environmental Trust (MET) completed a 208 acre conservation easement protecting agricultural and forested land bordering Queen Anne's and Caroline Counties. MET worked with the landowner to ensure the fields and forest were preserved which protect the Long March Ditch. This public drainage project helps provide adequate water to the local farming community before running into the Tuckahoe River. MET is excited to see this great piece of agricultural land protected forever.
Keep Maryland Beautiful Grant Program is Open
The Maryland Departments of Natural Resources, Transportation, and Agriculture, along with the Chesapeake Bay Trust, are partnering to accept applications for this year’s Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants program. About $327,000 is available for this year’s grant round.
These grants are offered annually to volunteer groups, nonprofit organizations, communities, and land trusts in Maryland to support environmental education projects, community stewardship, and the protection of natural resources in urban and rural areas. Applications for funding will be accepted from September 6 through November 15. Awards will be announced in March 2025. Read more.
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Learn about protected places, explore Maryland spaces, or find something new. Check out MET's partners near you.
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Walktober Event Planned on MET Conserved Land
The Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (ESLC) is hosting a Walktober event at the Jim and Mary B. Lynch Preserve in Caroline County on Saturday, October 19. Donated to ESLC and permanently protected with the Maryland Environmental Trust in 1999, the Lynch Preserve sits at the mouth of Robins Creek along the Choptank River. Thanks to the constant maintenance of many volunteers and passionate neighbors, the Lynch Preserve provides public access to trails that wind through over 200 acres of forest and wetlands with pristine water views.
Attendees of this walk will learn about ESLC’s conservation work, the importance of forest protection for improved water quality, and the habitat the forest provides for forest interior dwelling bird species. For more information visit the event page. Registration is open online.
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Maryland Fall Foliage Report 2024
Check out the Department of Natural Resources' Maryland latest Fall Foliage Report for 2024. Trees in the Annapolis area are hesitating to show their colors this year, the result of a stressful drought-filled summer. Leaves are changing from green to yellow and brown, absent are the oranges and reds. “It’s a slow or abbreviated fall foliage season in the Anne Arundel County area,” Natural Resources Planner and Forester Francis Smith said. In Western Maryland, the fall foliage change has hit a subdued mid-point. Leaves are beginning to fall – make sure to leave the leaves so they can provide habitat for birds, insects, reptiles, turtles and frogs. Read more.
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Maryland Riparian Buffer Care Calendar
Riparian forest buffers are considered the ‘last line of defense for our streams’ by trapping and transforming nutrients and sediments before they enter our waterways as harmful runoff. The Maryland Riparian Buffer Care and Maintenance Calendar includes guidelines for supporting early stage development of recently planted buffers <10 years post-establishment. Learn more.
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SUPPORT the long term stewardship of more than 1,100 conservation easements held by Maryland Environmental Trust with a tax deductible contribution to the MET's Stewardship Fund.
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