The Maryland Land Conservation Center

Directory of Local Land Trusts in Maryland

Below is a list of all of the local land trusts in Maryland sorted by geographical region. Contact Barbara Levin at MET (blevin@dnr.state.md.us) if you need advice about which organizations to call.

CENTRAL REGION - Carroll, Baltimore, Harford, Cecil, Montgomery and Howard

Ned Cueman Carroll County Land Trust 1201 Woods Rd. Westminster , MD 21158 ecueman@adelphia.net 410-848-8247	Ann Jones Land Preservation Trust 2921 Greenway Drive Ellicott City , MD 21042 annholmesjones@yahoo.com 410-461-6869
Mitchell Kolkin Caves Valley Land Trust 2522 Caves Rd. Owings Mills , MD 21117 mkolkin@venable.com 410-244-7565	Shantini Senanayake Land Trust International P.O. Box 1572 Bethesda , MD 20827 landtrust@mail.com 301-345-1060
William Kilby Cecil Land Trust 795 Firetower Rd. Colora , MD 21917 phyllis.kilby@zoominternet.net 410-658-6186 410-392-9667	John P. Canoles Long Green Valley Conservancy P.O. Box 5006 Glen Arm , MD 21057 ESPIJC@aol.com 410-592-6256 410-592-6752
Jim Kelly Charm City Land Trusts 2500 Maryland Avenue Baltimore , MD 21218 jkelly@ubalt.edu 410-366-0922	Karin Brown Mt. Washington Preservation Trust 5846 Pimlico Road Baltimore , MD 21209 kebrown@co.ba.md.us 410-664-3456 410-887-3480
Fred Worthington Franklintown Land Trust 5117 Franklintown Rd. Baltimore , MD 21207 410-448-3383	Ruth Baisden Neighborspace of Baltimore County Post Office Box 6715 Towson , MD 21285 ruthbaisden@yahoo.com 410-668-2580
Joli McCathran Greater Sandy Springs Green Space 20120 New Hampshire Ave. Brinklow , MD 20862 kmccathran@erols.com 301-869-5358	Ray Puzio Patuxent Watershed Land Trust 8508 Timber Pine Ct. Ellicott City , MD 21043 anaarkin@aol.com 410-418-5222
Charlie Conklin Gunpowder Valley Conservancy 4601 Copperwood Lane Glen Arm , MD 21057 cconklin@comcast.net 410-329-6273 410-329-8074	Mike Hollins Prettyboy Mason Dixon Conservancy 21221 Mikules Manner Ln. Freeland , MD 21053 recins@aol.com 410-374-5456 717-235-8426
Peg Niland Harford Land Trust P.O. Box 385 Churchville , MD 21028 pniland@harfordlandtrust.org 410-836-2103	Burnet Chalmers Rockburn Land Trust 6560 Belmont Woods Rd. Elkridge , MD 21075 bchalmers@milbyco.com 410-796-7700
Jim Mitchell Holly Neck Conservation Association 1241 Engleberth Road Baltimore , MD 21221 jammitch@bcpl.net 410-238-1742	Ms. Elizabeth P. Kapsch Sugarloaf Countryside Conservancy 15220 DuFief Dr. North Potomac , MD 20878 perry2845@aol.com 301-424-4084 301-563-3407
Meg Schumacher Howard County Conservancy P.O. Box 175 Woodstock , MD 21163 megshumacher@hcconservancy.org 410-465-8877	Janis E. Danforth Woodberry Land Trust 2250 Druid Park Drive Baltimore , MD 21211 jdanforth@csos.jhu.edu 410-462-6716 410-516-8853
James W. Constable Manor Conservancy 2300 Shepperd Rd. Monkton , Maryland 21111 jwconstable@wcslaw.com 410-771-4568 410-659-1315	Leonard Kerpelman Woodland Committee Land Trust 2403 W. Rogers Ave. Baltimore , MD 21209 410-367-8855
Jim O'Connell Izaak Walton League 17200 Conoy Rd., Box 385 Barnesville , MD 20838 joconnell@odonoghuelaw.com 301-972-8307 202-362-0041	Phil Lee Baltimore Harbor Watershed Association 2700 Lighthouse Point East #501 Baltimore , Maryland 21224 plee@moffattnichol.com 410-563-7300
Helen Wilkes Kensington Land Trust 3923 Prospect St. Kensington , MD 20895 hcw933@juno.com 301-933-0859 301-404-6700

EASTERN REGION - Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester

Chris Pupke Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage P.O. Box 1745 Easton , MD 21601 cpupke@cheswildlife.org 410-822-5100	Rob Etgen Eastern Shore Land Conservancy P.O. Box 169 Queenstown , Maryland 21658 retgen@eslc.org 410-827-9756
Mike Johnson Mill Creek Land Trust 23540 Clarissa Road Chestertown , Maryland 21620 rept@dmv.com	Kate Patton Lower Shore Land Trust 9931 Old Ocean City Blvd Berlin , Maryland 21811 lslt@intercom.net 410-641-4467

SOUTHERN REGION - Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Calvert, St. Mary's, Charles

Karen Edgecombe American Chestnut Land Trust P.O. Box 2363 Prince Frederick , MD 20678 kedgecombe@acltweb.org 410-414-3400	Rebecca Kolberg North County Land Trust 7605 Bay St. Pasadena , MD 21122 kolbergr@mail.nih.gov 410-439-4971 301-594-2134
Steve Carr Annapolis Conservancy Board Annapolis Dept. of Planning & Zoning 159 Duke of Gloucester Street Annapolis , MD 21401 stevecarr@toad.net 410-263-7961	Steven Putman Patuxent Conservation Corps. 3913 Sharp Road Glenwood , MD 21738 scputman@comcast.net 443-864-8156/8157 410-309-3175
Sandra Sweeney Bay Land Trust Post Office Box 4096 Annapolis , MD 21403 sandrasweeney@verizon.net 410-263-3956	Gita S. van Heerden Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust 3115 Rittenhouse Street, NW Washington , DC 20015 gsvh@verizon.net 202-364-1002 202-236-1729
Marian Dilorenzo Conservancy for Broad Creek 1201 Swan Harbour Cir. Fort Washington , MD 20744 marylibary@aol.com 301-292-6318	Joanne Flynn Patuxent Tidewater LT/Black Swamp 14411 Baden Westwood Road Brandywine , MD 20613 Jflynn1111@erols.com 301-888-1281 301-795-7952
Susan Hance-Wells Calvert Farmland Trust 4885 Adelina Rd. Prince Frederick , MD 20678 taney_place@hotmail.com 410-535-2451 410-414-5070	Sandra L. Parks-Trusz Scenic Rivers Land Trust 619 Carolyn Road Glen Burnie , MD 21061 lifelinesllc@earthlink.net 410-424-4000
Scott Hymes Crownsville Conservancy 841 Oak Trail Crownsville , Maryland 21032 info@crownsvilleconservancy.org 410-923-0931	Nancie S. Hillsman Southern Calvert Land Trust 178 Harbor Dr. Lusby , MD 20657 sclt@hughes.net 410-326-2198
Vivian Mills Conservancy for Charles Co., Inc. 1170 Overlook Dr. Accokeek , MD 20607 millsgroup@erols.com 301-283-2410	Pam Cooper Western Shore Conservancy FPNA 2808 Church Rd. Bowie , MD 20721 nuthatch@washnewchurch.org 301-390-0797
Bob Boxwell Cove Point Natural Heritage Trust, Executive Director 11785 Clifton Drive P.O. Box 336 Lusby , MD 20657 bobboxwell@hotmail.com 410-394-1300	Carnelious Jones African American Land Trust Post Office Box 3576 Annapolis , Maryland 21403 cjones@blackschesapeake.org 410-263-8030
Pete Culp Magothy River Land Trust 709 Capri Rd. Arnold , MD 21012 PeteCulp@aol.com 410-647-6722 202-208-4201

WESTERN REGION - Frederick, Washington, Alleghany, Garret

Jodye Roebuck Carrollton Manor Land Trust P.O. Box 25 Buckeystown , MD 21710 jroebuck@sbsgroup.com 301-682-3276	Tom Clemens Save Historic Antietam Foundation P.O. Box 193 Keedysville , MD 21756 ClemensT@hcc.cc.md.us 301-790-2800
George Newman Catoctin Land Trust Executive Director 17653 Gettsburg Way Hagerstown , MD 21740 gnewman@cheswildlife.org 410-310-6270	Heidi Campbell-Shoaf South Mountain Heritage Society P.O. Box 454 120 E. Main Street Burkittsville , MD 21718 hcampbell_shoaf@yahoo.com 301-834-8228 301-663-1188
Paul Rosa Harpers Ferry Conservancy P.O. Box 1350 Harpers Ferry , WV 25425 prosa@crosslink.net 304-535-9961	Robert Martin Tree-Land Foundation P.O. Box 535 Myersville , MD 21773 301-663-1122
Donald R. Maxey Parrs Ridge Conservancy 1004 S. Main St. Mt. Airy , MD 21771 donmaxey48@aol.com 301-831-070	Kevin Dodge Allegany Highlands Conservancy Post Office Box 333 McHenry , Maryland 21541 alleghenyhighlandsconservancy@yahoo.com 301-387-3328
Matthew Logan Potomac Conservancy 8601 Georgia Ave, Suite 612 Silver Spring , Maryland 20910 logan@potomac.org 301-608-1188	Peter Vorac Mid-Maryland Land Trust Association 200 West Main Street Middletown , Maryland 21769 pvorac@comcast.net 301-371-4111

TOPICS IN THIS SECTION

The Maryland Land Trust Alliance

Directory of Local Land Trusts in Maryland

National and Regional
Conservation Organizations

Useful Information Links

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

What motivates landowners to protect their land? Hear what landowners say about why they donated or sold a permanent conservation easement on their land.

"My stepfather, Paul Bailey, taught me that people do not own the land but are stewards of the land. When I as growing up he took me fishing and hunting near a farm we had in Calvert County. A lawyer for 62 years, he is remembered today as a "Conservator and a True Friend of St. Mary's County" - a quote that is on his grave marker. MET's easement program was recommended to our family -- and my wife and I talked it over with our sons and they agreed that they wanted the farm to be protected. Trent Hall was built in 1789, a 300-acre property that was a part of 2,200 acres granted to Thomas Truman in 1658. He's our resident ghost, but a friendly one. We purchased Trent Hall in 1955. I consider myself a strong advocate for preservation, however, not at the expense of farmers. Economically-viable farming is a key to preserving farmland. When we did the easement in 1978, we had reserved three rights for additional houses and we wanted to reduce that number to one. An additional benefit was that we were able to claim tax benefits for the donation of those two development rights."

Henry Virts, former MET Board Member, St. Mary's County, Maryland. MET Easement recorded in 1978.

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