January 11,2010
• Serve six counties on Maryland’s Serve six counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.Eastern Shore.
• Have 25 directors, 14 staff, and more Have 25 directors, 14 staff, and more than 1,500 members.than 1,500 members.
• Protected 251 properties on more Protected 251 properties on more than 51,000 acres.than 51,000 acres.
As a regional land trust, we… As a regional land trust, we…
Our Vision:
•Towns are vibrant and well defined,
•Farms, forests, and fisheries are thriving;
•Scenic, historic, natural, and riverine landscapes are maintained.
Protecting the landscape
Strategic land conservation– Conservation easements– purchases in fee simple
Effective land use planning and policy – Education, research, advocacy– Eastern Shore 2010 – land use agreement
Paw Paw Cove
Bloomfield Farm
Thank You
“I think I understand. You’re trying to keep the
Garden of Eden here.”
Jim Mosley, USDA deputy secretary,
after an aerial tour of the Eastern Shore.