{"id":23784,"date":"2018-09-11T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=23784"},"modified":"2018-09-14T11:22:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T15:22:11","slug":"open-space-and-forestland-conserved-in-baltimore-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/09\/11\/open-space-and-forestland-conserved-in-baltimore-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Space and Forestland Conserved in Baltimore County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Landowners Donate Easement near Historic District<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/BACO-Olver-BL20171208-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-23832\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/BACO-Olver-BL20171208-009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of wooded property in northern Baltimore County\" width=\"348\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/BACO-Olver-BL20171208-009-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/BACO-Olver-BL20171208-009-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/BACO-Olver-BL20171208-009-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/met\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Environmental Trust<\/a>, a unit of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>, has partnered with The Manor Conservancy to permanently protected 12 acres in Baltimore County.<\/p>\n<p>Landowners John and Renae Olver donated a conservation easement to protect open space and forestland in the historic My Lady\u2019s Manor area.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaryland is grateful for the generosity demonstrated by the Olvers,\u201d Maryland Environmental Trust Director Bill Leahy said. \u201cMoreover, we commend the dedication and commitment of The Manor Conservancy to support and guide the Olvers and others in their community to continue to find creative ways to maintain this historic landscape for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Manor Conservancy is a conservation land trust that works to preserve the predominantly rural character of northern Baltimore and Harford counties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn and I are grateful to be able to make this conservation easement donation with the support of the Maryland Environmental Trust and Manor Conservancy,\u201d Renae Olver said. \u201cWe have always loved the beauty and natural diversity of the area. We\u2019ve come to recognize the value in permanently protecting it, in support of the green infrastructure, clean drinking water and to safeguard it from future development. It is our hope that more landowners will feel the same and support these worthy organizations and preservation programs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Landowners Donate Easement near Historic District The\u00a0Maryland Environmental Trust, a unit of the\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources, has partnered with The Manor Conservancy to permanently protected 12 acres in Baltimore County. Landowners John and Renae Olver donated a conservation easement to protect open space and forestland in the historic My Lady\u2019s Manor area.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,23],"tags":[2911,2912,4139,2935,3147],"class_list":["post-23784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-land","tag-baltimore-county","tag-bill-leahy","tag-conservation-easement","tag-harford-county","tag-maryland-environmental-trust"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23784"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23953,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23784\/revisions\/23953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}