Grants Awarded for County Conservation Efforts
The Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust received a grant for $852,262 for the Huntersville Rural Legacy Area, and Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development received a grant for $493,984 for the Mattapany Rural Legacy Area.
Rural Legacy Grants Awarded in St. Mary’s
Two areas in St. Mary’s County will receive grant funding from the Maryland Rural Legacy Program. The Huntersville Rural Legacy Area will receive $1,474,971 and the Mattapany Rural Legacy Area has been awarded a grant of $771,543.
St. Mary’s Land Preserved by Easement
More land in St. Mary’s County will be preserved and protected from development well into the future. In November 2016, Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust secured a conservation easement on more than 156 acres in the Mattapany Rural Legacy Area in southern St. Mary’s County.
