January 18, 2025

PTLT Weed Warriors Back at It in 2025

Weed Warriors

Get outside for some exercise and help the Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust Weed Warriors. Two events are planned in January.

Land Trust: Weed Warriors Needed

Join Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust for a Weed Warriors Winter Work removing invasive plants from 9am to noon Saturday, December 14, in Historic St. Mary’s City.

Help Clear Walking Path at Nicolet Park

Walking Path

Join the Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust from 11am to 1pm November 16 to help clean up a new walking path that connects nearby communities to Nicolet Park in Lexington Park.

St. Mary’s Wins Nearly $600,000 for Rural Legacy

Myrtle Grove

The Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board will preserve a 145-acre property in the Mattapany Rural Legacy Area, and in the Huntersville Rural Legacy Area, the Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust will preserve a 104-acre farm with nearly $600,000 from Rural Legacy funds. The easement approvals were granted by the Maryland Board of Public Works in October.

Land Trust Notes Impact of Donors, Volunteers

Land Trust PTLT

Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust Conservation Manager Abby Greenwell recaps the organization’s activities during the past year.

Comments Sought on Proposed Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife Refuge

The proposal for establishing the Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s, and St. Mary’s counties is now available for review and public comment.

Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants Awarded

Trees

Maryland Environmental Trust has approved 18 grants totaling $236,276 to be awarded for environmental education, community cleanup, and beautification projects through the Keep Maryland Beautiful program.

Land Trust Recaps ’23 Accomplishments

Land Trust

The Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust shares its 2023 accomplishments.

Land Trust Seeks Volunteer Property Monitors

property monitors

The Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust is looking for new volunteer property monitors.

Report Lanternfly Sightings in MD

Lanternfly

If you think you have found a spotted lanternfly, the Maryland Department of Agriculture wants it reported.