Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (ESLC) a private, nonprofit land conservation organization dedicated to the preservation of farmland and habitat on the Eastern Shore announced today its intention to apply for national accreditation through the Land Trust Alliance. This rigorous land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations, also known as land trusts, which meet national […]

August 8, 2011 –Eastern Shore Land Conservancy is pleased to announce the addition of Josh Hastings, Bill Mattimore and Dorsey Clark to its staff.  Hastings joins ESLC as its Policy Manager, where he will help ESLC both advance proactive policy initiatives/legislation and oppose harmful policies/development projects. Josh will develop an organizational policy agenda, organize and […]

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy and the town of East New Market today celebrated the Town’s purchase and preservation of a key piece of open space land for the use and enjoyment of the Town. This news is the result of many months of work by the town,ESLC and the owner of historic Friendship Hall to […]

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy has partnered with the town of Easton to determine the future of 11 acres of waterfront property along the Tred Avon River.   The Easton Point property on West Glenwood Avenue – a former dump currently closed to the public – will be the subject of a year-long public design process […]

   Pictured from left are Dr. Jack Scanlon, recent CREP easement donor, ESLC Land Protection Specialist Jared Parks, ESLC Executive Director Rob Etgen and representatives from the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation including Executive Director Bill Hetherington and Dick Willey.Representatives from Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (ESLC) Perdue came together today to celebrate the protection of more […]

Pictured from left are Charlotte Staelin, Nancy Neely, Diane Klingelhofer and Jeremy Rothwell A group of ESLC’s volunteer land stewards gathered in recently to celebrate a successful year of monitoring ESLC’s 251 conservation easements. With the help of these dedicated volunteers, ESLC was able to monitor 100% of its properties in 2010. The celebratory potluck […]

   New program aimed at supporting, strengthening small towns  Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (ESLC), a private, nonprofit land conservation organization dedicated to committed to preserving and sustaining the vibrant communities of the Eastern Shore and the lands and waters that connect them officially launched their new Center for Towns, an unprecedented initiative aimed at strengthening […]

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (ESLC) recently released the published results of East New Market’s ‘”place work[s]hop” visioning process. A collaborative community design initiative founded by ESLC and Urban Dialogues, Inc., place work[s]hop is designed for the specific needs of Eastern Shore small towns. It combines local community knowledge with the design and planning knowledge of […]

Miles Point Green is a Success!! ESLC is excited to work with conservation buyer on permanent preservation and public access Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, who has spearheaded the fundraising and communications around the efforts to save the Miles Point property in St. Michaels, announced today its plans to continue to work with the Town, residents […]