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Maryland DNR Announces 2022 Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants

Maryland DNR Announces 2022 Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants

by Department of Natural Resources December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

The Board of Public Works on October 12 unanimously approved more than $27.1 million in Rural Legacy Program grants for conservation easement acquisitions, reflecting the highest annual amount appropriated since 2002. Funding from these grants will permanently protect 7,100 acres of working farms, forests, open space, shorelines, and wetlands — plus cultural and historical resources — throughout the state. Additionally, the Rural Legacy Board approved an expansion of more than 36,000 acres in six Rural Legacy Areas. The Board of Public Works includes Governor Larry Hogan, Comptroller Peter Franchot, and Treasurer Dereck Davis. The projects were recommended by the Rural Legacy Board, which consists of the Secretaries of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Maryland Department of Agriculture, and the Maryland Department of Planning. “This increased funding is the result of the Hogan Administration fully funding land conservation and preservation programs, and also reflects high transfer tax revenues from the recent housing boom in Maryland,” Maryland DNR Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio said. “The Rural Legacy Program is one of Maryland’s most important tools for preserving and protecting our lands by working with local partners, landowners, and nonprofit organizations to maintain Maryland’s rural character and our natural-resource based industries.” The Rural Legacy Program is designed to preserve large tracts of productive and valuable agricultural and forested lands that contain exceptional features. The program acts through local government or private land trust sponsors to purchase conservation easements from willing property owners in 35 locally-designated rural areas located in every county. Now celebrating 23 years since the first acquisition, the program has permanently protected more than 117,200 acres. Details of the projects are on the Board of Public Works website. DNR will submit individual contracts to purchase conservation easements to the Board of Public Works as the specific transactions arise.

Government & Politics

Maryland Delivers $27 Million in Rural Legacy Program Grants

by Department of Natural Resources October 23, 2022October 21, 2022

Jefferson Patterson Park and museum

Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum Receives Grant To Study Early Twentieth-Century Rural Wallville Community

by Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum October 20, 2022October 19, 2022

Leonardtown Rotary Gives Grants To St. Mary’s County Non-Profits

Leonardtown Rotary Gives Grants To St. Mary’s County Non-Profits

by Leonardtown Rotary Club October 13, 2022October 13, 2022

broadband

Government & Politics

Hogan Announces Applications Open For $95 Million Of Broadband Access Grants

by Governor Larry Hogan October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

Governor Larry Hogan

Government & Politics

Hogan Announces More Than $13 Million In Highway Safety Grants To Over 90 Agencies, Organizations

by Governor Larry Hogan September 12, 2022September 12, 2022

Md Dept ED

MSDE Announces Grant Program To Strengthen And Expand Maryland Early Childhood Education

by Maryland State Department of Education August 30, 2022August 30, 2022

Calvert County

Government & Politics

Commissioners Seek Grant Funds For Prince Frederick Emergency Homeless Shelter

by Calvert County Government August 29, 2022

Photo by Stephen Badger, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Grants Gateway Open For Resilience And Restoration Funds

by Department of Natural Resources August 6, 2022August 5, 2022

Connect Maryland: Governor Hogan Announces More Than $127.6 Million For Broadband Grants

Government & Politics

Connect Maryland: Governor Hogan Announces More Than $127.6 Million For Broadband Grants

by Governor Larry Hogan July 8, 2022July 8, 2022