MET Permanently Protects Scenic Farm along Tubman Byway
Permanently Protected Farmland in Dorchester County
The Maryland Environmental Trust (MET) and the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy have permanently protected 226 acres of farmland along the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway from development through a conservation easement. Read more 
Rural Legacy Program Preserves Land in Baltimore and Washington Counties
Piney Run Rural Legacy Easement
The State has added 63 acres to its permanently protected rural landscape, eliminating 10 developmental rights in two counties. Governor Martin O’Malley and the Board of Public Works today approved funding to preserve the land, located in Baltimore and Washington counties. Read more
State Preserves Historic Mt. Welcome in Baltimore County
Mt. Welcome house built in in 1750.
Mt. Welcome, a National Register historic property in the community of Granite in Baltimore County, will be forever preserved through a conservation easement to be held by the Maryland Environmental Trust and Maryland Historical Trust. Read more
MET Protects 1,288 acres in 2012
Stanley Easement in Talbot County
The Maryland Environmental Trust (MET) worked with 10 landowners last year to protect 1,288 acres of scenic open space, forests and farmland in seven counties across the State. Most of these easements were donated and are held by MET together with a local or regional land trust and will protect the natural, historic and scenic resources on these lands for generations to come.
The total acreage preserved through perpetual conservation easements by county in 2012 was ─ 347 acres in Anne Arundel, 97 acres in Baltimore, 9.6 acres is Dorchester, 143 acres in Frederick, 225 acres in Wicomico, 270 acres in Queen Anne’s, and 196 acres in Talbot. Read more
Land Conservation Tax Incentive renewed for 2013
The Maryland Environmental Trust (MET) encourages private landowners and working farmers looking to protect their land through conservation easements to act now to take advantage of significant tax deductions. Congress recently renewed the conservation tax incentive which will expire at the end of the year.
Governor O’Malley Honors Landowners who Protect Scenic and Natural Lands
Governor O’Malley (Third from left) with some of the landowners.
Governor Martin O’Malley last night honored 215 landowners from across the State who have donated conservation easements to the Maryland Environmental Trust (MET), since January 1, 2007. The landowners’ conservation easements permanently protect more than 16,000 acres of scenic open space, historic and cultural resources, and environmentally sensitive habitat from development.
MET, Partners Preserve Little Patuxent River Woodlands
Middle Patuxent River: Floodplain showing Virginia Bluebells
The District of Columbia granted a perpetual conservation easement on 250 acres of heavily wooded, stream valley in Anne Arundel County to the Maryland Environmental Trust (MET), the Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust and the Scenic Rivers Land Trust. The D.C. Department of General Services will manage the land ─ located along the Little Patuxent River within view of Ft. Meade and Route 32 ─ which is part of a larger 827-acre property.
