Maryland Forest Service
The Forest Service restores, manages, and protects Maryland’s trees, forests, and forested ecosystems to sustain our natural resources and connect people to the land. Goal 1: Restore, manage, and protect Maryland’s trees, forests, and forested ecosystems to sustain our natural resources. - Retain Maryland’s existing forest land base and promote establishment of new forests to support healthy populations of native plants and animals across diverse and ecologically functional landscapes - Promote sustainable forestry management including compatible economic uses on Maryland’s private and public forest lands. - Minimize negative impacts to the State’s forest and tree resources from wildfire, insect and disease, land conversion, and other natural disturbance agents. - Support the restoration goals of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay strategy and promote sustainable forestry to provide clean water, soil and nutrient stabilization, and sequestration of carbon through actively growing forests and tree biomass. Goal 2: Connect people to the land. - Support the maintenance of diverse forest economic activities and the forest products industry to provide for ecological and economic benefits of the state’s forests. - Provide comprehensive and balanced conservation education on forest sustainability to landowners, teachers, students, communities, organizations, and government. - Utilize working partnerships to increase and protect tree canopy cover in urban areas and improve community fire protection for Maryland’s natural resources. Goal 3: Maintain efficient and effective operations. - Enhance delivery of forestry services to stakeholder groups through innovative technology, proactive policy communication/implementation, efficient use of resources, and professional development of personnel - Maintain sound fiscal position of the Unit through managerial responsibility and accountability.
- Scope: State
- Type: Government / municipality
- Focus: Land management
- Website: Maryland Forest Service
- Presence is online and in-person
- This page last updated: 11:38PM 14 July 2023
- Page managers: alice (owner)
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