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COMMON GROUND VOL. 12 NO. 4 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2001 rfflrrn;, r.,; l :; yriFi: Cvi�a r' "-1 - 4_•-1ya'•.?c kAk. .-'rt..L . -x:: :y..t. . _.,.. . i . .. 'art•.. .'..r-. 4';iy. _ :1E':•� t :i_.. .- - :.�;, ' C :ty�,, xf. , , .r.-�. ..tIj w ' . 4iE- t r -;.v : '�i•.s - Z;t �c.-.yt.. 't� r_ .•.,sr�c .S..��J t t, . 't ir�i .�• .i . .n.r v":Gr .'a �: "t , , c,;..,:. -Y� r _,i`,• : . tip'. 'vi • �';-� . - - ^��' d.. '�. Maryland to Preserve Its Green Infrastructure GreenPrint, from page I plants thrive and keep streams and wetlands Glendening has proposed spending $ 145 healthy by protecting adjacent vegetation . million on the new program over five years . Collateral program benefits include im- " The GreenPrint framework represents proving the state' s air and water quality and " The GreenPrint an open invitation to landowners, conserva- protecting a land base upon which tourism tion groups, land trusts and government and the forest products and seafood indus- framework agencies to use their resources and ingenuity tries depend to flourish. GreenPrint also will represents an to collectively create an irreplaceable ecologi- help the state fulfill its commitment under open invitation cal legacy that will protect Maryland' s di- the interstate Chesapeake Bay Agreement it t0 landowners , verse natural resources for generations to signed last year that calls for protecting 207o come, " said David Burke, the director of the of the bay' s watershed lands and reducing conservation Chesapeake and Coastal Watershed Service the rate of sprawl development by 30 % over groups , land trusts at the state DNR. Although the funding is an a decade . and government important new catalvc+ *protecting the state" s The new program also will provide an green ;nfrastrto :ulre 1 .erwork won' t be ac- overarching plan that will help coordinate agencies to use complished by the state alone, he said . The ongoing public and private sector land pro- their resources enormity of the -task—protecting 1 . 5 million tection activities in Maryland . The state cre- and ingenuity t0 acres—requires the public and private sec- ated Program Open Space (410 / 260- 8403, g y tors to use an array of land protection tools— www . dnr . state , md . us / pos .html ) in 1969 to collectively create open space bonds, conservation easements, fund state and local parks and conservation an irreplaceable zoning and subdivision set-asides, he said . areas . The Agricultural Land Preservation ecological legacy . Using satellite imaging technology and Foundation has purchased conservation input from scientists, local governments and easements on farmland since 1977. As part —David Burke, conservation organizations, Maryland al- of Smart Growth legislation, the state cre - Maryland DNR ready mapped its important unprotected ated a Rural Legacy Program (410 / 260-8403, natural lands . The state envisions protecting www . dnr . state . md . us / rurallegacy ) 'm 1997 much of the remaining green infrastructure to protect agricultural land, natural re- through acquisitions and easements that will sources and cultural heritage through the link large protected areas—sites of several preservation of greenbelts, forests and farm- hundred acres or more called green hubs— land around municipalities . Combined local, through a web of " green links . " The connec- state and federal efforts have protected a tors will form habitat highways—stream half-million acres in the state . valleys and mountain ridges that allow safe For more information on green infrastruc- passage for wildlife through natural habitat, , tune, visit The Conservation Fund 's Web site— facilitate seed and pollen transport to help www . greeninfrastructure . net . 111 I ' l l ' 1111 187 8 - SLSLZ ON ' HHONO8S11I H 58T8 X08 4d ldU H3SNOO S3N I a I AN3 AID 3ONVH4 QH1SHf1021UNOI.LOS?INOO SSHUMV 84103HIC 11ONb1S Q1AVG HW 60ZZZ VA ` ue1DUj1JV ' D'Q ' NOLLONIHSVM OZIZ alms " IS luax ' N 0091 CHE ' ON ,LMINHd QIVa HOVISOd 6S * O 03HO 11,4O Id - NON