{"id":30022,"date":"2020-01-29T11:37:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T16:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=30022"},"modified":"2020-01-29T11:37:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T16:37:47","slug":"board-of-public-works-approves-200-acre-land-acquisition-in-central-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/01\/29\/board-of-public-works-approves-200-acre-land-acquisition-in-central-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Public Works Approves 200-Acre Land Acquisition in Central Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Property Adjacent to Rosaryville State Park will Expand Recreation<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1769\/42522400024_6773f07c1d.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of entrance sign at Rosaryville State Park\" width=\"354\" height=\"266\" \/>The Board of Public Works today approved the <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u2019 acquisition of nearly 200 acres in Prince George\u2019s County. The property is adjacent to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/southern\/rosaryville.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rosaryville State Park<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and its acquisition will expand the park\u2019s offerings including equestrian opportunities and an expanded trail network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Without the department\u2019s acquisition, the property might otherwise have been slated for extensive development.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is a special opportunity to obtain a relatively large piece of property in an urban area and provide important water quality protection to the Western Branch watershed,\u201d Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio said. \u201cIt will also be a great addition to the region\u2019s outdoor recreation opportunities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rosaryville is a 982 acre day-use park with miles of trails for hiking, biking, and equestrians and is well known for hosting trail rides, fox chasing, and horse trials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Property Adjacent to Rosaryville State Park will Expand Recreation The Board of Public Works today approved the Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u2019 acquisition of nearly 200 acres in Prince George\u2019s County. The property is adjacent to Rosaryville State Park and its acquisition will expand the park\u2019s offerings including equestrian opportunities and an expanded trail network.<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/01\/29\/board-of-public-works-approves-200-acre-land-acquisition-in-central-maryland\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/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":[957,4998,23,12],"tags":[3134,3278,4035,3110,4230,3368],"class_list":["post-30022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hiking","category-land","category-parks","tag-equestrian","tag-hiking","tag-jeannie-haddaway-riccio","tag-prince-georges-county","tag-rosaryville-state-park","tag-trails"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30022","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=30022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30023,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30022\/revisions\/30023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}