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Call for Nominations for Scenic Rivers Board of Directors
WHO WE ARE For over 30 years, Scenic Rivers Land Trust has worked with landowners and other partners to protect forests, farms, wetlands, and streams in Anne Arundel County. As…
Read ArticleHit the Trails for Maryland Day Weekend
The 16th annual Maryland Day Weekend is coming up on Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 2. Throughout the weekend, which commemorates Maryland’s founding, dozens of local heritage sites offer…
Read ArticleScenic Rivers’ Executive Director Named 2023 Aileen Hughes Award Winner
Award provides a grant of $5,000 to Scenic Rivers in her honor Scenic Rivers’ executive director, Sarah Knebel, was recently named the 2023 Aileen Hughes Award winner. The Aileen Hughes…
Read ArticleScenic Rivers Land Trust Acquires Five Conservation Easements from North County Land Trust
Scenic Rivers expands service area to cover northern Anne Arundel County, will now hold 76 conservation easements covering over 3,400 acres (Annapolis, MD) December 13, 2022—Scenic Rivers Land Trust has…
Read ArticleWelcome Evann Magee!
New stewardship coordinator joins the team; Monitoring season in full swing Scenic Rivers is thrilled to welcome Evann Magee as our new stewardship coordinator. As stewardship coordinator, Evann is responsible…
Read Article2022 Anne Arundel County Lifeline 100
Weather may have canceled the ride, but it didn’t dampen Scenic Rivers’ fundraising spirits! Hurricane Ian forced the cancelation of the 2022 Anne Arundel County Lifeline 100 Century Ride, but…
Read ArticleSaving Land: Land Trust Leaders Envision the Future
Scenic Rivers Executive Director Featured in the Fall 2022 issue of Saving Land If you’ve read the latest issue of the Land Trust Alliance’s Saving Land magazine, you may have…
Read Article2021 Annual Report Now Available Online
Scenic Rivers’ Annual Report reflects on 2021 It’s always a slightly dizzying exercise to look back on an entire year. So much happens! The world changed. And changed again, and…
Read ArticleStatement on The Village at Providence Point Conservation Easement Project
Scenic Rivers Land Trust’s mission is to work with landowners and other partners to conserve the natural and scenic areas of Anne Arundel County. We most often work with landowners…
Read Article2020 Annual Report Now Available Online
Scenic Rivers Annual Report reflects on making it through 2020 2020 was a tough year for everyone—some far more than others. While the prospect of normalcy beckoned for a short…
Read ArticleScenic Rivers Land Trust Position on the Proposed Baltimore-Washington, DC MAGLEV Project
Scenic Rivers Land Trust is dedicated to protecting the conservation easements it holds. We are troubled that one of the proposed MAGLEV trainset maintenance facilities (TMF-198) will destroy 20 acres of a…
Read ArticleScenic Rivers Launches Conservation Champions Circle
Expand your impact and receive exclusive member benefits & updates This summer, Scenic Rivers launched the Conservation Champions Circle, an annual giving program designed to honor and acknowledge members of…
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