Planning on Changes to Your Easement Property in 2025?
If you plan to make changes to your property that is protected by a conservation easement with MET, please contact MET’s stewardship staff. Easements sometimes require advance notification and/ or written approval for certain activities. Please contact MET’s stewardship manager, Josette Markline, to discuss your plans.
For more information about MET's board of trustee meetings, or for a list of MET's 2025 board meeting dates please visit our website.
Maryland's 5 Millions Tree Initiative
The Maryland Environmental Trust and Maryland Forest Service are working together to offer you the opportunity to plant trees on your conservation easement property! Visit the Maryland Forest Service webpage to learn more about the 5 Million Tree Initiative.
Interested in planting trees on your conservation easement? Complete this survey to learn more.
Partners Near You
Learn about protected places, explore Maryland spaces, or find something new. Check out MET's partners near you.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Environment Celebrate Milestone of 1 Million Trees Planted
Before the close of 2024, Maryland planted more than 1 million trees towards the state’s 5 Million Trees Initiative. The millionth tree was planted in western Maryland in the fall, according to Maryland Department of Natural Resources data.
The 5 Million Trees Initiative, established by the Maryland Tree Solutions Now Act of 2021, directed the planting of 5 million native trees on the state’s public and private lands by 2031. With 20% of the trees planted at three years in, and the rate of plantings increasing, the plantings are on track to meet the 5 million tree goal, said J.T. Bowers, deputy director of the Maryland Forest Service. Read more.
Land & Wildlife Speaker Series
Join the University of Maryland Extension for its Land & Wildlife Speaker Series, every third Wednesday of the month. The Wednesday webinars cover a variety of topics related to woodland health and wildlife management in Maryland. Visit the event page to register for an upcoming webinar or learn more about this year's speakers. Learn more.
Join the Great Backyard Bird Count
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is an inter-organizational effort between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Audubon Society, and Birds Canada. This year's event will be held February 14–17, 2025.
Each February, for four days, the GBBC invites people to spend time in their favorite places watching and counting as many birds as they can find and reporting them to GBBC. These observations help scientists better understand global bird populations before one of their annual migrations. Learn more.
To learn more about the 450 bird species have been documented in Maryland visit DNR's Maryland Birds page.
SUPPORT the long term stewardship of more than 1,100 conservation easements held by Maryland Environmental Trustwith a tax deductible contribution to the MET's Stewardship Fund.
