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BALTIMORE COUNTY - As a part of Phase II of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan, the Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability (EPS) is offering to plant trees on residential properties.
The Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP), conceived in 2011, is part of a 3-phased process to achieve nutrient and sediment clean-up goals for the Chesapeake Bay.
The large canopy trees will prevent runoff and improve air quality in the region.
To qualify, property owners need to live in Baltimore County and own at least one acre of land that is available for reforestation.
Qualifying applicants will begin the process of having their land examined and planning where to put the trees. The process will look like this:
If you're interested in applying for reforestation, you can complete this form. A follow-up by staff and a site assessment will follow to see if you qualify for a reforestation project.
Note from Baltimore County: “Please understand that this is a reforestation program. Our staff are not Maryland Licensed Professional Foresters and are not available to discuss or assess the health or condition of existing woodland on your property or to prescribe any silvicultural treatments for existing forested areas.”
I hope that the plan include walk paths, open spaces with seating to view nature and consequences for people littering, loitering and killing the wildlife.
I can’t believe these are our ‘leaders’. Drugs deals on every corner and in every parking lot. Johnny Clueless so concerned about low income earners, when they live better than the middle class. Garbage bags littered everywhere by mostly the people Johnny ‘entitled’ to county houses.
My concern about some of the logic being used here is that the problem isn't the plastic bags.
Let's talk about the people who are doing the littering. Full garbage bags placed on the streets and sideways. Garbage being thrown from cars and trucks. Pedestrians walking and eating..than throwing garbage on the ground. Dog walkers not picking up after their dogs. Etc..