The Maryland Environmental Trust accepted three conservation easements in 2013 that will permanently protect 211 total acres of important woodland and scenic views in St. Mary’s and Charles counties from the creation of public roads. A 25-acre forested site in the environmentally critical McIntosh Run watershed has been permanently preserved thanks to Vivian Marek, who donated a conservation easement on the St. Mary’s County property to MET and the Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust in December. Marek has loved the property on Newtowne Neck Road near Leonardtown ever since her parents bought it in the early 1950s. “I always wanted the place to remain as it was, especially after the development around it,” she said. By donating a conservation easement to the land trusts, the Marek family’s legacy will be preserved for the benefit of future generations. Also in St. Mary’s County, Parlett Family, LLC donated a 136-acre conservation easement to MET in Mechanicsville in December. The easement preserves important farmland, woodland and wetland, and protects a portion of Killpeck Creek, a tributary of the Patuxent River, which flows through the property. In Charles County, MET partnered with the Conservancy for Charles County to accept a 50-acre conservation easement donated by […]
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