Organizations/Environmental Groups - Southern Maryland Online

The American Chestnut Land Trust was founded in 1986 in Calvert County, Maryland. We are concerned with the preservation of farmland, woodlands, and wetlands in a county undergoing rapid development. Our primary interest has been the watersheds of Parkers Creek and Governors Run, however ACLT has assisted others in Calvert County to preserve land for future generations through partnerships, land management agreements, and environmental easements. American Chestnut Land Trust, Inc. was granted tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code on June 16, 1987.
[ Last Updated: 10-Jul-2007 | Hits: 396 | Reader Comments Report Problem

Battle Creek Nature Education Society, Inc.
http://www.calvertparks.org
P.O. Box 122
Port Republic, MD 20676
410-535-5327

Battle Creek Nature Education Society (BCNES) incorporated in 1985 as a non-profit charitable organization providing supplemental financial support for the educational programs of Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary, Flag Ponds Nature Park and Kings Landing in partnership with the Calvert County Natural Resources Division. These three Calvert County Parks are peerless examples of the ecological diversity found in Southern Maryland Region. Flag Ponds protects approximately 500 acres of natural area on the Chesapeake Bay from beach to upland. Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary protects 100 acres of one of the northernmost stands of baldcypress trees in the United States. Kings Landing protects over 265 acres of natural area on the Patuxent River including 4,000 feet of river shoreline and 50 acres of marshland. Each offers significant opportunities for outdoor learning and compatible recreation.
[ Last Updated: 24-Jul-2003 | Hits: 424 | Reader Comments Report Problem

Chapman Forest Foundation, Inc.
http://www.chapmanforest.org/
PO Box K
Bryans Road, MD 20616
(301) 283-2948
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Chapman Forest, in Charles County, Maryland, is one of Maryland's unique places, with over 2,000 forested acres, 2 1/4 miles of Potomac River shoreline, and a colonial tidewater historic site. In 1998, the State of Maryland purchased the site for its outstanding natural and historical attributes.
[ Last Updated: 02-Jun-2006 | Hits: 277 | Reader Comments Report Problem

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
http://www.cbf.org/
6 Herndon Avenue
Philip Merrill Environmental Center
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-268-8816 1-888-SAVE-BAY
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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is a catalyst for bold and creative solutions to Bay problems. Staff members set the agenda, serve as watchdogs, and speak out on behalf of the Chesapeake Bay to business, government, and the public. Southern Maryland Field Office: 410/326-6951.
[ Last Updated: 03-Jun-2003 | Hits: 457 | Reader Comments Report Problem

Clean It Up SOMD
https://www.facebook.com/cleanitupsomd
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Clean It Up SOMD is a local initiative to drive the community to volunteer and participate in local trash cleanups in the area. Our goal is to raise awareness about litter in the area and reduce the amount of trash in our community. We accept recommendations of local areas that could benefit from a cleanup, and also help support local businesses who would like to co-host and participate in the cleanups as well. We coordinate the cleanups, schedule, and provide supplies like trash bags and grabbers, and then interested community members show up to lend a hand.

Check our Facebook page for upcoming events.

[ Last Updated: 07-Apr-2022 | Hits: 193 | Reader Comments Report Problem

Conservancy for Charles County, Inc.
http://www.conservecharles.org/
P.O. Box 1358
Waldorf, MD 20604
(301) 932-5714
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Charles County's 461 square miles include bountiful hardwood forests, an extensive network of rivers and streams, scenic shorelines, precious wetlands, beautiful open space--much of it productive farmland--and throughout it all fine habitat for native plants and animals. The Conservancy for Charles County highlights these irreplaceable gifts of nature to encourage community interest in and commitment to lasting conservation.
[ Last Updated: 10-Jun-2006 | Hits: 323 | Reader Comments Report Problem

Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust
https://ptlt.org/
PO Box 1955
Leonardtown, MD 20650-1955
301-475-1766
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The Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust (PTLT) is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of agricultural, forested and open space land in the Southern Maryland region. The Trust recognizes that Southern Maryland's natural beauty, rural character and its environmental and historical treasures are a heritage we must protect for future generations. Through the use of conservation easements, land purchases and donations, and the purchase and donation of development rights, the PTLT is working to reduce sprawl and redirect development that is, among other things, decreasing land available for farming and other open space objectives, weakening the permeability of the land, causing siltation in surface waters and diminishing the quality of the area's drinking water, rivers, and of the Chesapeake Bay. The Trust is committed to working with landowners to address individual needs and circumstances in ways that best preserve their land and our common heritage.
[ Last Updated: 07-May-2019 | Hits: 415 | Reader Comments Report Problem

Port Tobacco River Conservancy
http://www.porttobaccoriver.org/
P.O. Box 104
Port Tobacco, MD 20677
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The Port Tobacco River Conservancy (PTRC) works with businesses, residents, local and state governments, and other conservation groups to restore and protect the river and streams in the watershed. The PTRC balances restoration and protection with economic-development concerns and the value of its river and watershed to both the local and state economies.
The PTRC envisions that the Port Tobacco River and its 30,000-acre watershed will be in a nearly pristine condition, as it was in the 1950s. The river will have clear and navigable waters, be rich in fish and wildlife, and safe to the thousands of residents and visitors that use the river and streams for swimming, water sports, hunting and fishing, or just enjoying the beauty of this natural and historical resource.

The PTRC, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, began in 2001 after a small group of county citizens � who were concerned about sewage overflows from the La Plata Waste Water Treatment Plant into the Port Tobacco River watershed � decided to join forces. But that catalyst soon grew into a broader focus: returning the river and watershed to healthier conditions for both native species and the next generation.

[ Last Updated: 02-Feb-2011 | Hits: 193 | Reader Comments Report Problem

Potomac River Association, Inc.
http://potomacriverassociation.org/
PO Box 76
Valley Lee, MD 20692
301-769-384
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PRA, incorporated in the State of Maryland, is a tax-exempt non-profit environmental, educational, civic, and charitable group. Organized in 1967, PRA fought efforts to build an oil refinery on the Potomac River and a deep-water port on the Patuxent River. PRA is the oldest and strongest citizens' group in St. Mary's County. It is an organization with the will, the courage, the tenacity, and the means to take major violations of county ordinances and environmental regulations to the Courts.
[ Last Updated: 02-Feb-2011 | Hits: 331 | Reader Comments Report Problem

Sierra Club, Southern Maryland Chapter
http://maryland.sierraclub.org/
P.O. Box 1543
La Plata, MD 20646
301-932-7249
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Protecting Maryland's Environment, For Our Familes, For Our Future.
[ Last Updated: 03-May-2005 | Hits: 382 | Reader Comments Report Problem

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