Speaker Series: Scenic River Land Trust (October)

In our October Meeting Josh Falk from the Scenic River Land Trust willl come talk about current and past projects and how people can get involved.

About Scenic River Land Trust (SRLT)

SRLT is is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that assists landowners who want to protect and conserve their undeveloped properties. Land trusts craft and execute voluntary land protection agreements, such as conservation easements, with landowners who wish to conserve their properties and take advantage of financial incentives.

A conservation easement is a voluntary legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust that limits future development on a property in order to protect its environmental features. The easement states what will be allowed on the property and how it will be managed. These requirements are permanent; the restrictions travel with the deed if the property is sold or transferred.

Forests and other natural areas help protect water quality, remove air pollution, add scenic beauty to our community and retain our connection with the natural world. A healthy network of connected protected lands will provide habitat for wildlife, protect property values, protect our local waterways and, in turn, the Chesapeake Bay and improve the quality of life for residents.

Scenic Rivers conserves land by working with landowners within the Herring Bay, Bodkin Creek, and the Severn, South, Patuxent, Patapsco (within Anne Arundel County), Rhode, and West River watersheds to create small private conservation easements as well as conservation easements on large parcels.