Lower Shore Land Trust Inc

LOWER SHORE LAND TRUST PROTECTS AND RESTORES NATURAL RESOURCES, WILDLIFE HABITAT AND WORKING LANDS TO SUPPORT AND CONNECT HEALTHY AND VIBRANT COMMUNITIES.

LAND CONSERVATION: THE LOWER SHORE LAND TRUST SETTLED ON 2 MITIGATION EASEMENTS, 1 WITH THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERMANENTLY PROTECTING 8.55 ACRES AND 1 WITH MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST PERMANENTLY PROTECTING 11.26 ACRES 1 CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM EASEMENT PERMANENTLY PROTECTING 75.18 ACRES 1 WITH MARYLAND ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST, NORTH AMERICA WETLAND CONSERVATION ACT, AND NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION EASEMENT PERMANENTLY PROTECTING 1066.7678 ACRES 2 DIVIDING CREEK RURAL LEGACY EASEMENTS TOTALING 151.61 ACRES 1 QUANTICO CREEK RURAL LEGACY EASEMENT TOTALING 171.5 ACRES.

STEWARDSHIP: CRITICAL TO UPHOLDING THE TERMS OF THE EASEMENTS, LSLT MONITORS EACH EASEMENT ANNUALLY. LSLT STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS CONDUCTED 123 PROPERTY VISITS ON 21,238.503 ACRES. LSLT CONDUCTED AN ANNUAL LAND STEWARD TRAINING PROGRAM FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 VOLUNTEERS, VIRTUALLY, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH: OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ARE CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF LSLT AND THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION. LSLT CONDUCTED 12 OUTREACH AND EDUCATION EVENTS, BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN-PERSON, REACHING APPROXIMATELY 150 PEOPLE DURING THE YEAR. LSLT PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED 19 E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS TO AN AVERAGE OF 1700 INDIVIDUALS AND AVERAGED REACHING 360 PEOPLE. LSLT PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED 1200 LAND CONNECTIONS NEWSLETTERS TWO TIMES DURING THE YEAR AND PRODUCED, PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED 800 FIELD NOTES, A NEWSLETTER FOR CONSERVATION LANDOWNERS. LSLT PRODUCED 4 E-MAIL FIELD FILE NEWSLETTERS EMAILED TO 100 PEOPLE EACH TIME. LSLT UPDATED THE ORGANIZATIONAL BROCHURE FOR DISTRIBUTION AT IN-PERSON EVENTS. LSLT WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE 2020 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE AWARD BY SALISBURY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

SHARED PROGRAM COSTS

LAND PROTECTION LOWER SHORE LAND TRUST SETTLED ON 6 EASEMENTS IN 2021 PERMANENTLY PROTECTING APPROXIMATELY 771 ACRES. TWO CONSERVATION EASEMENTS WERE SETTLED WITH THE MARYLAND RURAL LEGACY DIVIDING CREEK PROGRAM, THREE EASEMENTS WERE SETTLED WITH THE MARYLAND RURAL LEGACY QUANTICO CREEK PROGRAM, TWO OF WHICH ALSO USED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPI PROGRAM, AND ONE EASEMENT WAS SETTLED WITH THE DONATED EASEMENT PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MARYLAND ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ARE CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF LSLT AND THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION. LSLT CONDUCTS LANDOWNER OUTREACH EVENTS ON CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND SENDS STAFF TO PUBLIC FORUMS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO SPEAK ON CONSERVATION TOPICS. LSLT CONDUCTED EVENTS BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN-PERSON. LSLT PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED MONTHLY E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED 2000 LAND CONNECTIONS NEWSLETTERS DURING THE YEAR AND PRODUCED, PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED 1775 FIELD NOTES, A NEWSLETTER FOR CONSERVATION LANDOWNERS.