Wildlife Sanctuary Program Local area | Outreach | Conservation The largest volume of acreage available for conservation and restoration of healthy green space in Northern Virginia is where we live, work and play. Your own property is a great place to start creating habitat for wildlife by planting native plants, removing invasives, and taking other steps to support wildlife. You can make a difference and take pride in certifying your property as a Wildlife Sanctuary. A volunteer Wildlife Sanctuary Program Ambassador will visit your property to advise on habitat imp ... Last updated 09:25PM 09 August 2024
UMD Extension Woodland Stewardship Education State | Training course | Land management The Woodland Stewardship Education (WSE) program helps connect woodland property owners to their land. Through a variety of Extension offerings, WSE brings together professionals from such fields as forestry, wildlife ecology, and natural resource management to enable woodland property owners to make sound and informed decisions about managing their land. They offer training courses, a newsletter, webinars and other educational materials, and more. The UMD Extensions has a Woodland Stewards program (much ... Last updated 11:28PM 22 April 2024
Backyard Buffers State | Action | Products/Plants The Maryland Forest Service and the Potomac Watershed Partnership present the Backyard Buffers program, designed to assist homeowners who have a waterway on or adjacent to their property to create a streamside buffer of native trees and shrubs. A streamside buffer can create habitat for wildlife, reduce peak winter temperatures, and reduce the amount of sediment, fertilizer and toxic materials that enter our waterways. Deep-rooted trees and shrubs can also stabilize streambanks, protecting them from erosion ... Last updated 06:54PM 12 July 2023
Tree-Mendous Maryland State | Action | Products/Plants TREE-MENDOUS MARYLAND, a program of the Maryland Forest Service, remains one of our most popular programs aimed at helping citizens restore tree cover on public land and community open space in Maryland. To date, we have assisted more than 3,000 towns and communities, parks, and schools planting trees and shrubs to help clean the water, clean the air, and keep our towns and cities inviting, livable, and environmentally viable places to live. Tree-mendous Maryland’s goal is to help Maryland residents hav ... Last updated 01:44PM 25 October 2024
Garden Advisors County/City | Outreach | Land management The rush to include native plants in our plantings has received broad attention from many homeowners to upgrade their landscaping practices to benefit wildlife and pollinators that have decreased populations due to loss of habitat from development and agricultural shifts to monoculture crops using herbicides, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers. The Cape Conservation Corps or CCC has developed programs to assist Capers in this transition including the removal of invasives, even offering free native plants ... Last updated 06:42PM 12 July 2023
Grow Native! State | Outreach | Education Grow Native! is the native plant marketing and education program of the Missouri Prairie Foundation. Grow Native! helps protect and restore biodiversity by increasing conservation awareness of native plants and their effective use in urban, suburban, and rural developed landscapes. Through collaboration with consumers, private industry, non-profit organizations, and government agencies, Grow Native! aims to significantly increase the demand and use of native plants in the lower Midwest—Missouri, southern Il ... Last updated 04:27AM 03 July 2023
Bay-Wise State | Outreach | Land management Most Maryland residents live within a half-mile of a storm drain, stream or river that will drain into the Chesapeake Bay. What we do to maintain our landscapes can affect the health of our local waterways, the Chesapeake Bay, and our environment. By changing a few simple landscape practices, you and your family can help keep Maryland communities healthy. Master Gardeners can help you learn about sustainable landscape practices and conduct one-on-one site visits for the UME Bay-Wise Maryland Yardstick Certi ... Last updated 01:30AM 08 January 2025
Maryland Master Gardeners Program Local region | Training course | Education The University of Maryland Extension Master Gardener Program is designed to train volunteer horticultural educators to support the University of Maryland Extension mission by educating residents about safe, effective and sustainable horticultural practices that build healthy gardens, landscapes, and communities. To learn more about our program, review our 2021 HGIC and MG Annual Report. The Master Gardener Program is organized by Maryland counties and Baltimore City, so if you are interested in becoming ... Last updated 07:39PM 17 June 2023
Adopt-a-spot HOA/Neighborhood | Action | Land management Adopt-A-Spot is an exciting new program available to CA’s certified Weed Warriors. The program recognizes spots in open space where Weed Warriors have been removing non-native invasive plants and replacing them with native plants through repeated Pull and Plant Events. The Adopt-A-Spot program also provides Weed Warriors with the opportunity to work with CA staff and select new spots to begin the process of removing unwanted non-native invasive plants and replacing them with more desirable native plants. Last updated 07:36PM 17 June 2023
Watershed Stewards Academy State | Action | Land management The Watershed Stewards Academy (WSA) is a training program to empower residents to improve the quality of local waterways. By sharing resources, forming partnerships, and coordinating efforts, WSA works with a Consortium of Support Professionals, Master Watershed Stewards and their communities to reduce pollutants, infiltrate stormwater and restore natural systems. Currently, the Watershed Steward Academy is in Anne Arundel County, Calvert County, Cecil County, Harford County, Howard County, the National Ca ... Last updated 07:36PM 17 June 2023