Partnership Protects 100 Acres in Queen Anne's County
The Maryland Environmental Trust (MET) in partnership with the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (ESLC) accepted the donation of a conservation easement from the Durham family in Queen Anne’s County. By granting this easement the Durhams have chosen to permanently protect from development their 100-acre former farm located along Southeast Creek near Church Hill.
In addition to donating the easement, the Durhams are actively enhancing the ecological health of their land. Through participation in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, they are restoring riparian forest buffers along the waterfront, and with support from Washington College, they have converted 56 acres of former cornfields into native upland habitat in an effort aimed at bringing back bobwhite quail, a bird species that has been absent from the area for decades. Their next initiative focuses on restoring the shoreline along Southeast Creek to mitigate the impacts of sea level rise and storm surge while also enhancing coastal habitat.
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