Introducing Our Summer Stewardship Interns

Thanks to donations from generous supporters like you, NeighborSpace was able to hire three interns this summer. We want to help young conservationists gain fieldwork and behind-the-scenes experience, and staff is grateful for the extra hands and minds! Read on to meet our two stewardship interns, Ashley and Katie. Hi! I am Ashley Metzbower. I […]

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June Live Music Events

6/29/26 | Will Kaselow, Community Conservation Manager This month we welcomed the summer with song, hosting live music events at two of our sites! First, Patrick Alban and his Buena Vista Social Club joined us at Ridgely Manor Park in Towson on one of the hottest nights of the year so far. Despite the heat, […]

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Microforests at NeighborSpace Parks

6/29/26 | Conor Harrington, Land Steward This spring, NeighborSpace installed its first microforest/Miyawaki plantings at Tollgate Wyndham Preserve in Owings Mills. With the help of some very dedicated volunteer groups from BGE and Stanley Black & Decker, we planted about 150 trees and shrubs in three contained locations of the preserve. The area covered by […]

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New Property: Stonegate

6/29/2026 | Phyllis Joris, Executive Director NeighborSpace recently added a new site to its portfolio! With the addition of Stonegate, a beautiful 16-acre property in Catonsville, NeighborSpace now protects 116 acres across 22 sites for current and future residents of urban Baltimore County. This property is co-held with Maryland Environmental Trust (MET), the state’s land […]

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Volunteer Spotlight: Christie Bianco

This month we would like to thank Christie Bianco for her time and dedication as a NeighborSpace volunteer!  Christie has lived in the Dunmore community for 21 years and first connected with Levickas Woods through her children, who would play in the woods and catch crayfish in the stream. She considers the woods to be […]

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Spring Recap and Will’s Introduction to NeighborSpace Sites

As summer starts to peek around the corner, it’s a good time to reflect on what the warmer weather has brought us and do our best to extend a season that can feel far too short. For me, it is also a time to reflect on my first couple months working with NeighborSpace! Spring was […]

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Piloting a Proactive Approach to Conservation

NeighborSpace is excited to share that it was awarded a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency through its Thriving Communities program. Although we received notice of our award in November, we’ve hesitated to share the news publicly due to the significant disruptions that this grant program has faced in the past year and a half. […]

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Where in the URDL is our Executive Director?

If you are a child of the 80s, you might remember playing the computer game Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? In elementary school, I looked forward each week to computer lab, where we were paired up and assigned to one of the giant PCs to play Where in the World or The Oregon […]

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Earth Week at NeighborSpace!

This past week saw NeighborSpace hosting a flurry of fun, environmentally-minded events for communities all over Baltimore County in celebration of Earth Week! This included a pair of bioblitzes, a community clean up, and several tree planting days, all of which involved different groups from within and outside of the respective communities. Our bioblitzes, led […]

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Welcome Will, Community Conservation Manager!

Hello everyone, my name is Will Kaselow and I am so excited to be joining NeighborSpace of Baltimore County as the new Community Conservation Manager! I know I have big shoes to fill, so I’m eager to start getting to know everyone and hit the ground running this spring.  Originally from the beautiful Garden State […]

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