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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has allocated $4.8 million towards purchasing a historic waterfront property in Anne Arundel County.

Those who do visit state parks may be deprived of the full outdoor experience because park functioning and upkeep is suffering from years of neglect.

At a time of increasing demand for outdoor opportunities, our state parks are in crisis.

The Charles County Board of Commissioners is pleased to announce that the State of Maryland Board of Public Works has approved $1,791,875 Program Open Space funding towards the land acquisition of Gilligan’s Pier, a 17.54-acre site located along Popes Creek.

Let’s encourage the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to work with these partners, who are working just as hard to help “Save the Bay,” and provide the public recreational access intended when the property was first acquired 20 years ago.

Public lands were in the midst of boom times, in Maryland and across the country, even before pandemic restrictions drove interest in outdoor spaces to a fever pitch.

Public lands were in the midst of boom times, in Maryland and across the country, even before pandemic restrictions drove interest in outdoor spaces to a fever pitch.

Baltimore County has acquired more than a dozen acres of land in Lutherville-Timonium for $2.2 million, leaving the green space open for recreation and sinking a developer’s plans to build residential housing there.

The General Development Plan is a two-decade forward-looking document that details the county’s desires and plans for development.

47abc March 1, 2021 POCOMOKE, Md. – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has completed its acquisition of 212 acres in Worcester County for an addition to Pocomoke River State Park. The announcement was made by the department Monday morning. We’re told this property includes the former Nassawangon Golf Course with 1,400 linear feet of shoreline on the Pocomoke River. The property was acquired with Program Open Space funds and consists of two parcels near Snow Hill. The Board of Publ...