马里兰州安妮阿伦德尔县安纳波利斯市公共工程委员会10月29日批准2100万美元乡村遗产拨款：保护4240多英亩农场林地、另批460万美元公园升级
马里兰州公共工程委员会10月29日批准了2027财年2100万美元乡村遗产拨款，用于全州19个乡村遗产区的项目，资金由当年拨款与往年结余组成，将用于购买保护地役权，永久保护4240多英亩的在营农场与林地、岸线、湿地、野生动物栖息地与文化资源。委员会同时扩大了三个现有乡村遗产区的地理边界，分别是卡罗尔县的上帕塔普斯科区、巴尔的摩县的马诺区和弗雷德里克县的卡罗尔顿马诺区。此外，委员会还批准了460多万美元拨款，由州自然资源厅向地方政府与土地信托提供，用于九个县的公园设施与土地保护，其中约400万美元为“开放空间计划”地方资金，惠及14个项目。弗雷德里克县的老国道公园将用拨款增设野餐亭、篮球网球与匹克球场、游乐设施、徒步骑行道、景观绿化、道路与停车设施。委员会同日还批准州自然资源厅以412万美元收购萨默塞特县2188英亩土地，交由马里兰州林业局作为切萨皮克林地管理。各项目的具体拨款将随后提交委员会逐项批准。
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland: Board of Public Works Approves $21 Million in Rural Legacy Grants on Oct. 29: Protecting More Than 4,240 Acres of Farms and Forest, Plus $4.6 Million for Park Upgrades
Maryland's Board of Public Works on October 29 approved $21 million in fiscal year 2027 Rural Legacy grants for projects in 19 Rural Legacy Areas across the state. The funding, made up of current appropriations and unspent funds from prior years, will be used to purchase conservation easements to permanently protect more than 4,240 acres of working farms and forests, shorelines, wetlands, wildlife habitat and cultural resources. The board also expanded the geographic boundaries of three existing Rural Legacy Areas: the Upper Patapsco area in Carroll County, the Manor area in Baltimore County and the Carrollton Manor area in Frederick County. In addition, the board approved more than $4.6 million in grants, provided by the Department of Natural Resources to local governments and land trusts for park amenities and land conservation in nine counties, of which about $4 million is Program Open Space local funding benefiting 14 projects. Old National Pike Park in Frederick County will use its grant to add picnic shelters, basketball, tennis and pickleball courts, playground equipment, hiker-biker trails, landscaping, roads and parking. The board the same day also approved the Department of Natural Resources acquiring 2,188 acres in Somerset County for $4.12 million, to be managed by the Maryland Forest Service as part of the Chesapeake Forest Lands. Individual grant disbursements will be presented to the board for approval at a later date.
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