Protecting Land to Improve Communities
Links to Conservation Organizations and Other Resources
Local Organizations
- Baltimore County Department Of Environmental Protection & Sustainability
- Baltimore Green Works (Education on sustainable ways of living)
- Baltimore County Department of Recreation and Parks
- Baltimore County Office of Planning
- Baltimore Tree Trust
- Blue Water Baltimore (Achieving clean water in Baltimore’s waterways)
- Clean Bread and Cheese Creek (Seeks to restore this historic waterway)
- The Friends of Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway, Inc.
- Gunpowder Valley Conservancy
- Historic Long Island Farm
- Parks and People Foundation
- Partners for Open Space (Seeks to protect MD’s land conservation programs)
- Plant More Plants (Bayscaping Your Yard)
National Organizations
- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
- The Center for Livable Communities(helps local governments and community leaders be proactive in their land use and transportation planning)
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Chesapeake Bay Trust
- Landscape Architecture Foundation (Tools to measure landscape performance)
- Land Trust Alliance
- The Nature Conservancy
- Project for Public Spaces
- StableCommunities.Org (Strategies for stablizing and revitalizing communities)
- Strong towns (Strategies for sustainable towns and neighborhoods
- The Trust for Public Land
Statewide Organizations
- 1000 Friends of Maryland
- Audubon Maryland-DC
- The Maryland Department of the Environment
- The Maryland Environmental Trust
- The Maryland Department of Planning
- Program Open Space
Other Land Trusts with a Suburban/Urban Focus
- Boston Natural Areas Network
- The Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
- Neighborhood Gardens Association (Philadelphia)
- NeighborSpace of Chicago
- The New York City Garden Land Trusts
Our Materials
- Facts About the Board
- Facts About Conserving Open Space within the Growth Line (URDL)
- Facts About Properties
- Facts About Our Work
- Newsletters
- Posters
- Presentations
- Resources for Property Managers (Coming Soon)
- Site Application Materials
- Strategic Plan
- Tax Considerations in Conveying Land
- What is a Conservation Easement?