Since May of 2020, WMRC&D has partnered with the Maryland Forest Service to provide the services of natural resources technicians to support the implementation of the Forest Stewardship Plan for the Frederick City Watershed (FCW), including forest stand data collection, … Continued
The Western Maryland RC&D partners with Maryland DNR Wildlife & Heritage to employ Gabriel Foley in the role of Maryland Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator. In this role, Gabriel and the Maryland & DC Breeding Bird Atlas 3 had a remarkably … Continued
In partnership with The Mountain Maryland Hemp Alliance (MMHA), WMRC&D has been awarded $38,950.00 in FY2021 MAERDAF funding by the Rural Maryland Council to build capacity for local testing and processing of industrial hemp grown in western Maryland. The project … Continued
WMRC&D has been awarded $50,000 in FY 2021 MAERDAF funding from the Rural Maryland Council to develop a Maryland forest products industry StoryMap which will provide a tool for attracting new industry investment in Maryland and for retaining existing jobs in … Continued
Western Maryland RC&D has been awarded $11,170 in FY 2021 MAERDAF funding for a project to produce tree and shrub seedlings at our Frostburg Grows nursery site which will be used to support hands-on forestry education in western Maryland via … Continued
In April 2020, Western MD RC&D partnered with the Maryland Forest Service and 11 private landowners to plant 141 acres of native trees in Allegany County, Maryland. Western Maryland RC&D utilized funding from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays … Continued
Western Maryland RC&D is proud to partner with the Maryland Department of Natural Resource’s Wildlife & Heritage Service in our ongoing support of the Maryland Bird Conservation Partnership (MBCP). WMRC&D’s own Chris Eberly serves as the MBCP Executive Director. MBCP was launched … Continued
Western Maryland RC&D Wildlife Biologist, Daniel Lawson, works with the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) out of Easton, Maryland and is responsible for bobwhite quail restoration on the eastern shore of Maryland. In this capacity, Daniel is working with landowners … Continued
On February 3rd, 2020, Western Maryland RC&D coordinated with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Forest Service to conduct a controlled burn on a 22 acre future reforestation site in southern Allegany County, Maryland. The objective of the … Continued
The Rural Maryland Council has awarded Western Maryland RC&D $34,650.00 in funding from the Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Fund (MAERDAF) in order to complete a Woodyard Feasibility Study project in Western Maryland. In coordination with the Maryland … Continued
