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Conserve, steward, and advocate for the unique rural landscape of the Eastern Shore.

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April 2011

ESLC and Perdue Celebrate Land Protection Successes on the Shore at Dorchester Farm

   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 than 1,300 acres of important Eastern Shore farmland during the 2010-2011 season. The celebration took place at the Scanlon Farm in Dorchester County, site of a recently added Conservation Reserve Program (CREP) easement. ESLC is the local sponsor for the CREP program for both Caroline and Dorchester counties. The CREP program is a voluntary one that allows landowners to place permanent easements on their land to reduce the sediments and nutrients from runoff in the Chesapeake Bay and enhance wildlife habitats. This program allows landowners with acres currently enrolled in CREP contracts to place an easement on those acres. The easement is a one-time payment that permanently protects the land from future development. The acres covered by the easement are required to maintain buffer plantings to prevent run-off and protect water quality. In addition to CREP easements, ESLC has a variety of land protection options available to preserve the Eastern Shore’s farms, forests, fisheries and rich rural heritage for the benefit of future generations. The Scanlon farm, owned by Jack and Kathleen Scanlon, is an ideal CREP easement because of its location near the Little Choptank River in Dorchester County. Thanks to a generous $25,000 grant from Perdue, through the Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, ESLC was able to work with the Scanlons and numerous other families throughout the Shore to help protect their land forever from development.  "Preserving farmland in perpetuity is the foundation of Eastern Shore Land Conservancy’s efforts to protect the Shore’s rural character and the

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ESLC Honors Land Steward Volunteers

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 dinner provided an opportunity for land steward volunteers to visit and to talk about this year’s monitoring season. All volunteers shared the same sentiment regarding their excitement to get back in the field for the 2011 monitoring season!  ESLC currently has 11 active land stewards. To learn more about this program please click here. ESLC will hold a spring training for new land stewards on April 16th at our office in Queenstown. For more information, contact Dorsey Clarke, ESLC’s Volunteer Maryland Coordinator.

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