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Edwin Remsberg
Looking for more information about land preservation? Here are a few of our favorite resources.
Resources
Maps and Apps
Harford County Land Preservation – Interactive Map
Maryland Protected Lands Dashboard
Maryland’s Environmental Resources and Land Information Network
Chesapeake Bay Program Land Policy & Conservation Interactive Map
U.S. Department of Agriculture Web Soil Survey
Harford County Plans
Harford County Master Plan – HarfordNEXT (2016)
Harford County Green Infrastructure Plan (2019)
Harford County Land Preservation, Parks, and Recreation Plan (2017)
Harford County Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (2013)
Other Resources
Harford County Cost of Community Services Study (2004)
Marking Milestones: Progress in Conserving Land in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (2019)
American Farmland Trust – The State of the States: Farms Under Threat (2020)
Learning Opportunities
Programs
Harford County Watershed Stewards Academy
Harford County Master Gardeners
Short Videos
Chesapeake Bay Commission – 40th Anniversary video
Department of Defense – Sentinel Landscapes documentary
Maryland Program Open Space video
Webinars
Suggested Reading
Explore some of our staff’s book recommendations that teach, inspire, and connect us to the land.
The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature
The Rise of the American Conservation Movement: Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and Love
Second Nature: A Gardeners Education
American Eden: Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Our Partners
Other Conservation Partners
Harford Soil Conservation District
Deer Creek Watershed Association
Susquehannock Wildlife Society
Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway
Harford County Forestry Board
Agricultural Partners
University of Maryland Extension – Harford County
Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation
Land Use Partners
Our Work Depends on You
Harford Land Trust can save more land in Harford County, Maryland, because of generous people like you.