{"id":28167,"date":"2019-08-15T13:21:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T17:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=28167"},"modified":"2019-08-15T13:21:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T17:21:53","slug":"department-seeks-local-proposals-for-public-outdoor-recreation-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/08\/15\/department-seeks-local-proposals-for-public-outdoor-recreation-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Seeks Local Proposals for Public Outdoor Recreation Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/11859104546_3fd2df8430_z-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28169 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/11859104546_3fd2df8430_z-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of kayaker at Greenbrier State Park\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/11859104546_3fd2df8430_z-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/08\/11859104546_3fd2df8430_z-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> announced that counties and municipalities can now apply for grant funding from the National Park Service\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/land\/Pages\/LWCF-Grants.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Land and Water Conservation Fund.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Local governments should submit preliminary application forms by Sept. 19.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Land and Water Conservation Fund projects must be in direct support of public outdoor recreation. Eligible proposals include the acquisition, development, and maintenance of outdoor recreational areas, facilities, and properties, including athletic fields, boat launches, fishing piers, playgrounds, trails, and more. Municipalities and counties are eligible for up to a 50% matching fund with requests capped at $1 million.<\/span><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The department recently announced FY19 funding for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/07\/25\/allegany-county-recreation-projects-receive-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">two projects in Allegany County<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Other examples of recently completed Land and Water Conservation Fund projects include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calvert County used $487,550 of Land and Water Conservation Funds to acquire 48.35 acres for a public park that will offer access for hiking, nature study, fishing, and launching of non-motorized boats.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Caroline County used $775,000 of Land and Water Conservation Funds to acquire 207 acres for North County Park, just north of the Greensboro Town limit. Natural trails and a parking lot provide current public access to the site. Future outdoor recreation amenities include multi-purpose athletic fields, playground, picnic areas, and more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since its inception, the Land and Water Conservation Fund program has funded more than 400 projects throughout Maryland, totaling more than $90 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The national program is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced that counties and municipalities can now apply for grant funding from the National Park Service\u2019s Land and Water Conservation Fund. Local governments should submit preliminary application forms by Sept. 19. Land and Water Conservation Fund projects must be in direct support of public outdoor recreation. Eligible proposals include<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/08\/15\/department-seeks-local-proposals-for-public-outdoor-recreation-projects\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"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":[957,3171,11,23,12,33],"tags":[2948,3186,2970,3730],"class_list":["post-28167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-fisheries","category-land","category-parks","category-the-bay","tag-allegany-county","tag-calvert-county","tag-caroline-county","tag-land-and-water-conservation-fund"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28167","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\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28172,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28167\/revisions\/28172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}