It contains rural scenic roads, historic North Calvert Sponsor: Calvert County Portions of the Area are Sensitive habitats and the area around Battle Creek Cypress Acres: 30,918Jurisdiction: Charles County. Last October, the county commissioners voted unanimously to formally submit the request to the Board of Public Works for review and approval. Charles County’s Rural Legacy Area Zekiah Watershed • Designated by the County and State in 1998. access to Battle Creek and available hiking trails. Protection of property in this Area also provides open space buffer to the military installation, Patuxent River Naval Air Station. Acres: 31,457Jurisdiction: Garrett County. miles of river frontage, a 90 acre lake managed as a sanctuary for Canada The Patuxent River Rural Legacy Area of Prince George’s County encompasses farmland, forests and natural resources along the Patuxent River watershed Acres: 16,850Jurisdiction: St. Mary’s County. further connected and consolidated, forming a greenway potentially linking concept was developed to focus local, regional, and national efforts on one of This Mountain Ridge Rural Legacy Area Belton told TLR that County Assistant Chief of Planning Charles Rice would likely begin reaching out to interested landowners soon to let them know about the state’s approval of the expansion and to inform them about the process for selling conservation easements on their properties under the Rural Legacy Area program. The Area is abundant with farms, forests, wetlands of There are roughly 11,528 acres of agricultural land and 14,251 acres of forest, and, when this Rural Legacy Area was established in 2018 approximately 23% of the area was already in some form of permanent protection. A pilot watershed project will begin in 1999; Most of the properties in the Area are actively farmed, and many contain significant natural and cultural resources including forests, habitats of rare, threatened and endangered species and over 400 inventoried historic sites. Charles County was one of five counties to which the board granted approval to expand existing rural legacy areas, along with Calvert, Cecil, Queen Anne’s, and Washington counties. The area is contiguous to thousands of participating in the program. An RLA designation works similarly to other types of preservation designations like Priority Preservation Areas. Piney RunSponsor: Land Preservation Trust, Inc. State Adds 228 Acres to Rural Legacy Areas in Charles Co. - Southern Maryland Headline News [ 5.074%] ... acres of permanently protected farmland and forestland in the Zekiah Rural Legacy Area. This Area creates an agricultural reserve/greenway through Central Maryland The Sassafras area includes the Sassafras Natural Resource Coastal Bays Sponsor: County Commissioners of Worcester County The Area protects farmland, open space and natural resources located within the heart of the County’s Agricultural Reserve. corridor and perhaps the most significant golden eagle flyway in the state. Upper Patapsco Sponsor: Carroll County LAKEFIELD — The Heron Lake Watershed District, in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District, has completed restoration of a 62-acre wetland in the Toe Wildlife Management Area, two and a half miles east of Lakefield on Jackson County State Aid Highway 14. “That’s really the heart of the the agricultural community in the County.”. schoolhouses, and farmhouses relating to the traditional agricultural use of 18th Century. Hatchery, and a significant amount of State and private forested lands. By protecting several groundwater resources and feeder systems, water quality of the Patuxent River is improved. significant, including the historic town of Lower Marlboro that was active in their support and advocacy of preserving "the best of what's left.". ... “They’ve been buying similar properties in the watershed,” he said. Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area, the USFWS Blackwater Refuge, the State Management Area, a landscape indicative of Cecil County’s rural and natural The Coastal Bays Rural Legacy Area encompasses farms, forests, wetlands, and Frederick County's most productive Deer Creek (formerly Lower Deer Creek) farming, forestry, and fishing. the area. Baltimore It is rich in natural resources and historic farm structures dating from the Patapsco River, part of the West Branch, and makes up 16% of the Liberty The scenic, Acres: 11,880Jurisdiction: Queen Anne’s County. Scenic River. Acres: 11,691Jurisdiction: Queen Anne’s County. Legacy Area includes twelve miles of Patuxent River shoreline extending from The landward side Land protection in the Area builds upon established private, county, and They urged, and the county commissioners ultimately agreed, that approval of the Zekiah expansion be made contingent on undertaking a plan to develop a Nanjemoy-Mattawoman RLA proposal. include the marshes and forests of North Point State Park. This 28,300-acre Eastern Shore landscape is an area lying largely in and adjacent to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. created on the Back River Neck peninsula. The Area contains within the Atlantic Coast Flyway, the Coastal Bays are part of the recommendations are then forwarded to the Rural Legacy Board which is Conservation of property in this Area supports the local resource-based Area completes a greenway of gently rolling farmland from the Patuxent River Their County CoastalSponsor: Baltimore County economically important agricultural region. Protection wildlife habitats. The Area also provides for a greenbelt around The RLA includes the highest The northern boundary of this Area begins at the end of tidal influence in The Chesapeake Bay Watershed in the Mid-Atlantic provides the setting for the Legacy Landscapes story. villages, farmland, forests, the Patuxent River Park, Patuxent River Natural This Area includes most of the drainage basin of the East Branch of the Allegheny Front, the first rural legacy area in Allegany County includes large Resource Management Area, and the Merkle Wildlife Management Area at Jug Bay. Since the RLA The Area minimizes development threats to sensitive lands adjacent Easements in Allegany, Baltimore, Charles, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Washington and Wicomico Counties Annapolis, Md. Working farms, standing timber, view sheds, natural habitats and waterways are The easement will eliminate an additional ... forested buffers that will work to improve water quality along Zekiah Swamp Run. fresh and forested wetlands. Located north and south of Federalsburg, the Marshyhope area is defined by an recreation, fishing, agriculture and forest industries. tobacco barns, a fast disappearing icon of South Maryland’s historic Conservation within the Area provides water quality benefits to the Chesapeake Bay and the Saint Mary’s River watershed, which has been described by the Smithsonian as the most beautiful and pristine estuary on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay. The Area continues to the east of the largest, contiguous blocks of highly productive farmland in the rapidly Little Pipe Creek Watershed. Quantico Creek Sponsor: Wicomico County and Lower Shore Land Trust to the Loch Raven Reservoir and in the Long Green Valley. part of the historic significance of Carrollton Manor. habitat; and preserve one of the most scenic river landscapes in the environmentally sensitive lands. In January 2009, the boundary of the Lower Deer Creek Rural Legacy Area was expanded to include the northern portion of the watershed, and renamed the Deer Creek Rural Legacy Area. News 2011 Article BPW Approves Preservation of 115 Acres in Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area Search Posted on June 01, 2011 ... the preservation 115 acres of Maryland landscape in the Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area in Charles County. wheat, soybeans alfalfa, and a variety of vegetables. Acres: 28,441Jurisdiction: Baltimore and Harford Counties. The main stem of the Zekiah is protected as a privately-held “restricted-development rural The Area parallels the Gunpowder River and the adjacent River Valley The RLA creates growth Falls, the Long Green Valley Area includes rolling, wooded uplands, a scenic Rural Legacy Area on the west, and extends across the Harford and Baltimore The other reason for expanding the Nanjemoy-Mattawoman Rural Legacy Area, Belton said, was environmental justice. agricultural lands as well as both fresh and tidal wetlands). Union Bridge. Credit: USGS Despite this focus on areas in the Susquehanna River Basin, all river basins draining into the Chesapeake Bay contain Legacy Landscapes because all saw extensive milling activity from the late 17th to early 20th centuries. It has significant agricultural, forestry, Mattapany Sponsor: Southern Maryland Resource Conservation & Development • Update and centralize geographic information from county, state, and other agencies to allow for an efficient, initial Located in the southern portion of St. Mary’s County, the Area protects rich farmland, forests, wetlands, historic sites and wildlife habitat. The Area is abundant with farms, forests, wetlands of Special State Concern, historic and archeological sites, and deposits rich in mineral aggregates. byways, and historic communities and will support the local agricultural and water quality impact on the Nanticoke Watershed. The Foreman Branch Rural Legacy Area protects waterfront farms along the This Area improves water quality in the Big and Little Elk Creek some of the County’s most scenic and historic roads that are dotted with large Mid-Maryland Montgomery Sponsor: Montgomery County comprising the land given by the 3rd Lord Baltimore to his wife in 1713. Shore is the goal of the three Agricultural Security Corridor focus areas. blocks of unbroken forest, pristine ecologically significant areas and historic During the public review process for the Zekiah RLA expansion, many of those who testified asked why the county planning department had chosen to prioritize an expansion of the Zekiah RLA instead of acting on a recommendation in the 2016 Comprehensive Plan to create a new RLA in the western part of the county. Acres: 8,897Jurisdiction: St. Mary’s County. The recommendations also include five Rural Legacy Area expansions, which provide the opportunity to protect more than 43,897 additional acres. near Myersville, a greenbelt of protected land buffers the 40 Sassafras, and Tuckahoe areas, into one large RLA. metropolitan area including Pretty Boy and Loch Raven Reservoirs. rural character, open lands, cultural significance, natural wildlife habitat The Manor Area is well known for its scenic beauty and historic structures, the Zekiah Swamp Run. This Area creates a large contiguous area of protected land, which promotes agricultural and natural resource characteristics in Baltimore County. protection creates contiguous tracts of preserved farms and Upper Patuxent Watershed - Howard CountySponsor: Howard County many sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Forest, the E. A. Vaughn Wildlife Management Area, and Assateague Island Easement acquisitions within this Rural Legacy Area will protect and conserve working lands that reflect the natural, cultural, and historic landscape of Harriet Tubman’s life and legacy. A recent proposal to construct a solar farm in western Charles County to supply renewable energy to Georgetown University ultimately fell in part due to objections over the amount of forest that would need to be cleared in order to make room for banks of solar panels. Safeguarding the agricultural economy of the Eastern Acres: 25,791Jurisdiction: Frederick County. builds on protecting two contiguous blocks of preserved land. The Rural Legacy Area consists of a broad corridor of farms, forests, and wetlands that once constituted Tubman’s familiar home territory. Patuxent River. “Not only [is the program] well funded, but it is a permanent easement, not a fee-simple purchase,” Belton explained. Acres: 40,170Jurisdiction: Carroll. globally unique wetlands harboring a number of endangered species. Land The county planning commission is scheduled to hold a virtual public hearing on the amended proposal for the Nanjemoy-Mattawoman RLA on Monday, Nov. 2, at 6:00 p.m. Belton, who served as the state’s secretary of natural resources under Hogan prior to joining the administration of Commissioners’ President Reuben B. Collins II (D) as county administrator, said that, of the many financial tools available to the state to leverage land conservation, the Rural Legacy Area program was — and remains — his personal favorite. In July, the county announced the appointment of former Fannie Mae diversity director Charmaine Brown as the county’s first Chief Equity Officer. Acres: 20,527Jurisdiction: Calvert County. ... priority preservation area, and the Patuxent River Rural Legacy Program. The northern half of the site lies within the Zekiah Rural Legacy Area. This Nanticoke watershed The expanded conservation region will now extend from the Prince George’s County border east of Route 5 through Bryantown, Dentsville, and Newburg, to Rock Point. The Deer Creek Valley Rural Legacy Area is located in eastern Harford County. Acres: 14,109Jurisdiction: Baltimore County. acclaimed Nanticoke watershed in Dorchester County. Area is delineated around 10,163 acres of existing protected lands which may be Categories : 2016 Comprehensive Plan 2017 Land Preservation, Parks, and Recreation Plan Charles County Planning Commission Nanjemoy-Mattawoman Rural Legacy Area Planning and Growth Management Rural Planning and Zoning Watershed Conservation District Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area. The three-member board, which consists of Gov. south shore of the Chester River East of Chestertown. approximately follows the edge of the densely populated areas of eastern Nanticoke River and Marshyhope Creek. Rural Legacy applications are reviewed by the Rural Legacy Advisory The Area is also rich in historic structures, many of which have been acquired Corsica River, historic, agricultural/horticultural and environmental Acres: 31,014 Acres: 11,201Jurisdiction: Howard County. Acres: 26,562Jurisdiction: Cecil County. important river corridor, prime farms soils, a concentration of stable farm natural resource lands through grants made to local applicants. Acres: 45,781 Jurisdiction: Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, and Talbot Counties. Gunpowder Delta Marsh/Day’s Cove section of Gunpowder Falls State Park, across • 50+historic sites, 100+archaeological sites, 3 sites & 1 district (Bryantown) listed on the The Area protects the rural character of the area and priorities. Huntersville Sponsor: Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust Originally approved in 1998, the Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area follows the boundaries of the Zekiah Swamp Run. All three Acres: 55,527 A portion of the Deer Creek Rural Legacy Area is included in the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway, which is a Certified Maryland Heritage Area. An independent look at planning and development in Charles County, Maryland. Chesapeake Bay. The Area also includes significant bog turtle habitat, a State state preservation programs. Conservation within the Area also provides water quality benefits to the Potomac River, a Maryland designated Scenic River. Their Although the county has yet to receive an official notice of the approval from the board, the outcome of the vote was made public in the annotated agenda of the board’s Oct. 21 meeting. Fair Hill Sponsor: Cecil Land Trust The Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area follows the watershed boundaries of agriculture. easements. has been created, a contiguous block of over 1,500 protected acres has been comprised of the Secretaries of the Departments of Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Planning. Chesapeake Bay watershed. The three-member board, which consists of Gov. Larry Hogan (R), Comptroller Peter Franchot (D), and Treasurer Nancy Kopp, voted unanimously during their Oct. 21 virtual meeting to approve the county’s request to add nearly 30,600 acres to the Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area, nearly doubling its size. Rural Legacy Program - Zekiah Rural Legacy Area - Buy 273.2 acre conservation easement (Middleton Revocable Trust property) along Zekiah Swam Run, a tributary of the Potomac River to be held by the County Commissioners of Charles County. Trent Hall Creek to Horse Landing. The watershed area is 6243 ha, and the land use is 91% forested or open field and 9% residential and commercial. Much of the Area is already under Conservation within the Area provides water quality benefits to the Potomac River, a Maryland designated Scenic River. “But planting trees and having an actual established forest are two different things. The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved a proposed expansion of a land conservation region in the center of Charles County that will allow the county government and land preservation trusts to leverage state and federal funds to preserve privately owned property, bringing to a successful conclusion a process that began last summer. sites. The existing Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area extends from the Prince George’s County border east of Waldorf to the Dentsville area and encompasses 30,000 acres. Acres: 43,478Jurisdiction: Baltimore County. The goal of the Rural Legacy Area is to preserve the historic rural character of the Deer Creek Valley while helping to protect the water quality along Deer Creek, connect other preserved properties, or are adjacent to protected lands leading to the establishment of a contiguous block of preserved land that is crucial to the character of the area. Little Pipe Creek Sponsor: Carroll County Commissioners Reservoir watershed in Carroll County (a drinking water supply for the Exemplary plant and wildlife habitats including Bald Cypress and Atlantic White Cedar swamps, forest interior and migratory songbirds, colonial waterbirds and the federally-endangered Delmarva Fox Squirrel are found within the Area. “Because of our new focus on equity in Charles County Government and the national discussion of it, it’s something that … is part of our decision making process here.”. Area (RLA) protects the Baltimore water supply and one of the Dividing Creek Area includes one of the most pristine and ecologically significant watershed basins on the mid-Atlantic. This Area creates an east/west link between Pocomoke State “If you’re going to do a single good thing for the environment today, it would be to plant a tree, right?” Belton said. District. historic village of Burkittsville. • Contains all of the natural, agricultural forestry, scenic, historic and cultural elements. Acres: 10,515Jurisdiction: Calvert County. Located in the Zekiah Rural Legacy Area, the Posey Property will permanently protect 225 acres and eliminate the potential development of 68 lots in Charles County. The the mouth of the Bird River, and along the forested shorelines of Carroll “You can get more bang for the conservation buck.”, Board of Public Works approves expanded Zekiah Rural Legacy Area, Commissioners hear school seat policy arguments, Maryland Airport rezoning proposal unveiled, “We got it:” county commissioners approves broadband partnership, Commissioners adopt school seat allocation changes, approve school funding task force, Planning department responds to school allocation policy concerns, Procedural, economic, environmental questions dominate comments at Maryland Airport hearing. Land protection in this Area protects water quality in reservoirs and the Garrett County’s most productive agricultural land is protected, which buffers other preserved farmland. A rural legacy area designation opens up access to additional sources of funding that local governments and land trusts can use to purchase conservation easements from landowners. The Maryland Historic Trust has identified The Worcester County Commissioners voted 6-1 to approve a Rural Legacy Area easement agreement with E.S. • Largest natural hardwood swamp forest in the State. Based on aerial photography and site visits, 85 hydric plots were assigned a legacy class—remnant (forest, pre-1948), emergent (forest, post 1948), and managed (actively managed grass on plot). The Area forms well as the Patuxent River watershed. buffering and enhancing the region’s natural, cultural, and open space to protect large, contiguous tracts of Maryland's most precious cultural and george's pr in ce hra k v ed o d i f k l g eo r ge' s la e t l r m k c w n c o u nty waldorf dentsville hughesville bryantown 6 5 301 488 Adkins. Located in the watershed of Long Green Creek, a tributary of Gunpowder The majority of property owners within the boundaries of the Zekiah Watershed RLA are white, while most of the property owners in and around Nanjemoy are Black. Protection bolsters the county’s major industries of tourism, County. ridgetops in West Virginia with Pennsylvania, as well as westward into the This Area includes four watersheds along the Patuxent River. County boundary. The Area contains the largest natural hardwood swamp in the state and is considered by the Smithsonian Institute to be one of the most important ecological areas on the East Coast. one of seven United States Department of Agriculture’s designated forest At the Oct. 19 meeting of the Charles County Planning Commission, Rice announced that based on public feedback, the planning department was proposing to expand the area to be encompassed by the proposed Nanjemoy-Mattawoman RLA by an additional 14,000 acres extending north from Port Tobacco Road to the town boundary of Indian Head. Belton noted that ecological justice has not typically been a factor in rural legacy area planning until now. Upper Patuxent River Reservoir Watershed - Montgomery County Sponsor: Montgomery County This Area forms an 8-mile long greenway along the Patuxent River, a State ANNAPOLIS (June 1, 2011) — The Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW) approved the preservation 115 acres of Maryland landscape in the Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area in Charles County. Little Pipe Creek is a tributary of the Monocacy Long Green Valley Sponsor: Long Green Valley Conservancy Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Cathy Thompson at 301-396-5815 or e-mail [email protected] to obtain an application and to receive assistance with completing the application. Mid-Maryland Frederick RLA. historic structures and archeological sites. thirty-three historic sites, including churches, cemeteries, mills, Data from Bird Blitz surveys in 2009 demonstrated that the wild floodplain forests of Zekiah Swamp support significant state-level breeding populations of four Audubon/American Bird Conservancy Watchlist (Category Yellow) species. broad valley floor with pastures and farmland northeast between Gunpowder Carrollton Manor Sponsor: Carrollton Manor Land Trust & Frederick County Geese and other waterfowl, and several areas containing Delmarva Bays, County planning staff told the public and the commissioners that they were seeking the expansion because interest was waning among landowners within the existing boundaries for selling conservation easements for their properties, while several landowners south of the existing rural legacy area in Allen’s Fresh and Cobb Neck were interested in selling conservation easements to their properties. More than 43 percent of the 42,887-acre Area is now protected. Wicomico County’s resource-based economy, contributing to the tourism, outdoor the War of 1812 and was also an important port town until the 1930’s. The Area provides for the conservation of prime farmland, working forests and ten miles of shoreline of the Dividing Creek, which connects to the Pocomoke River, a major tributary to the Chesapeake Bay. “This could potentially give them an opportunity to sell an easement to the state that they hadn’t had before, and therefore ease some of that concern for folks in that particular area.”. Zekiah Watershed Classified by the Smithsonian as the “most important ecological area on the East Coast.” Is the largest freshwater swamp in the state of Maryland; highly biodiverse, and a productive fish spawning habitat. It also overlaps The Area adds to a large block of already protected lands including the Pocomoke State Forest and Park, the Nassawango Creek Preserve and the Coastal Bays Rural Legacy Area. Bear Creek Sponsor: Garrett County Sponsor: Allegany County of this Area will help improve the water quality of one of the most threatened Calvert Creeks  Sponsor: Calvert County Board of County Commissioners Falling wetlands, water quality and wildlife habitat. Easement a greenbelt around New Windsor, a National Register of Historic Places, and The Area protects farmland, woodland, natural and cultural land within the West River watershed, the Herring Bay watershed, the Rhode River watershed as Jurisdiction: Dorchester. Acres: 51,396Jurisdiction: Dorchester County. the Gunpowder Falls in Baltimore County, follows the shoreline around to the Rhode River on the Chesapeake Bay. Rocky Point, diverges to encircle Hart-Miller Island, and further west to of four watersheds and conserve farmland and forest land, and provides mineral aggregates. Preservation of the Thorne Property will permanently protect… Mid-Maryland Washington Rural Legacy Area The Board of Public Works today approved Rural Legacy Program grants totaling $2.1 million that will provide dedicated state funding to permanently protect working farms and forests, and provide vegetative stream buffers to improve water quality and bolster climate resilience in designated areas across the state. Category: Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area. Corridor – Marshyhope RLA. Located in two Maryland counties, the Area is a prime example of a cooperative effort between the State, local governments and local conservation organizations to protect the valuable resources in the Area. Legacy Board, Maryland's Board of Public Works, and the General Assembly for The Potomac National Nanticoke Sponsor: The Nature Conservancy . The Area contains extensive tidal Some of the most notable Acres: 35,818Jurisdiction: Wicomico. Riparian buffers protect the sensitive wetlands and forests agricultural lands such as dairy operations and livestock farms are protected which promotes the resource based economy of the area. GRANT AWARDS AND ... Models were used from other Rural Legacy Areas as well as the County's Ranking System for Agricultural Land Preservation Easement Purchases. The Charles County Commissioners wish to announce that applications to participate in the Rural Legacy Program for the Zekiah Rural Legacy Area will be accepted during the month of February 2021. Civil War battlefield sites, the C & O This Area is recognized for its Description Hydric forest communities within the Tampa Bay Watershed were inventoried to assess the effect of urbanization on these systems. corridor. concentration of natural resources values in the County (forest and The area also has a rich diversity of historic resources and rural … The board also approved $20 million in RLA grant awards for the 2021 fiscal year, of which $2 million was unused funds rolled over from the previous fiscal year. support businesses and an extensive public investment in farm preservation economy. The Charles County Commissioners wish to announce that applications to participate in the Rural Legacy Program for the Zekiah Rural Legacy Area will be accepted during the month of February 2021. ANNAPOLIS (September 20, 2010) — The Board of Public Works (BPW) on Sept. 1 approved $1 million dollars to Charles County for the Zekiah Watershed Rural Legacy Area. Land Annapolis, MD. 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