In spring 2024, Western Maryland RC&D Council’s Western Maryland Afforestation Program completed our largest planting year to date. We partnered with the Maryland Forest Service and 18 landowners to establish native forests on 178.9 acres of private and public land … Continued
In partnership with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wildlife and Heritage Service’s Game Bird Program, WMRC&D Council employs one full-time Natural Resources Technician, Maddy Ondo, and two seasonal technicians in support of the Maryland Wild Turkey Research Project. Beginning … Continued
Each year, the goal of the Western Maryland Reforestation Program is to implement native tree plantings on a large scale in order to provide the region with the associated benefits; including the improvement of the water quality of local watersheds … Continued
Over the course of 2023, WMRC&D Council partnered with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service in order to complete the Snaggy Mountain Shared Use Trail Bridge Replacement Project, which consisted of the replacement of four existing wooden bridges … Continued
In spring 2022, Western Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Council continued our efforts to improve the water quality and wildlife habitat of local watersheds and the Chesapeake Bay by planting native tree seedlings on 178 acres of private and public land, … Continued
In 2021, Western Maryland RC&D Council utilized a $494,000 grant from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund to restore 1,250 linear feet of degraded stream channel on Beaver Dam Creek at a site located on private property in … Continued
The Western Maryland RC&D Council and The Western Maryland Food Council (WMFC) have been awarded $26,300 in FY2022 MAERDAF grant funding from the Rural Maryland Council in order to implement the Western Maryland Food Resiliency Project. WMFC serves Garrett, Allegany … Continued
The Mountain Maryland Hemp Alliance (MMHA) and Western Maryland RC&D Council are implementing a $19,000 FY2022 MAERDAF grant awarded by Rural Maryland Council to develop processes and products to manage CBD hemp waste material. The goal of this project is … Continued
Baseline Sustainability Risk Assessment of Maryland’s Forests The Western Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Council (WMRC&D), with grant support from the Rural Maryland Council, commissioned the development of a baseline risk assessment of Maryland’s forest resource, against a limited range … Continued
In partnership with the Maryland DNR Wildlife & Heritage Service, Western Maryland RC&D Council is employing a Bat Surveyor, Ben Neece, to complete acoustic surveys for bats and the analysis of acoustic data to indicate the presence of hibernating and … Continued
