PTLT Sets Training for Property Monitors, Seeks Weed Warriors
Monitoring the Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust’s beautiful properties is a favorite volunteer activity. Great for people who like to walk outdoors. Properties are walked only once a year. Monitor training will be provided in January.
Training has been scheduled at Summerseat Farm at 26655 Three Notch Road in Mechanicsville at 9:30am January 10, 2026. The training is for all new monitors, anyone interested in finding out more about the process, and as a refresher for current monitors.
Contact Andria Hoffman, PTLT monitor coordinator, at [email protected]. Training will last approximately one hour. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Join Friends of PTLT at Myrtle Point Park to remove invasive plants to help save the trees from 9am to noon January 3, 2026. Bring your loppers, clippers, saw, or favorite tool. Eye protection, work gloves, and sturdy shoes recommended. Bottled water and snacks courtesy of The Good Earth Natural Foods Company in Leonardtown.
Questions? [email protected] / 301-862-3421 / 301-247-3285
In other PTLT news …
The land trust has received a 2025 CLEAN Environment Award of $25,000 from Constellation for its work for land restoration work, principally the Weed Warrior activities at Myrtle Point Park in St. Mary’s County and at Historic St. Mary’s City.
Thank you for supporting the mission to continue the Weed Warrior activities. The funding will help PTLT to continue that work and enlist more volunteers to help save more woodlands in public parks in the area and conduct other projects. The volunteers always enjoy the experience of meeting and conversing with others who love the outdoors, have free warming exercise outdoors in the colder months, and enjoy snacks donated by the Good Earth Natural Foods Company.
Cove Point Heritage Trust in Calvert County generously awarded a grant of $2,500 for 2025 to Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust to support expansion of the Huntersville Rural Legacy Area and for recruitment of property owners in that area willing to add their properties to the land we have preserved “in perpetuity.”
“With each easement we acquire in Southern Maryland, we bequeath to our children, and following generations, pristine farmland, woodlands, and waterways – and the fish and wildlife that inhabit them. To date PTLT has preserved 6,790+ acres of land in Southern Maryland from development through 57 conservation easements. As always, we are looking for additional land to preserve, and welcome volunteers to help us conduct monitoring on these farms and woods. This assures conservation requirements are met, and owner concerns are addressed. It helps us protect and restore lands from invasive plants and other threats to the land,” reads a PTLT new release.
