| 1 | Oyster Recovery Partnership | Oyster restoration and recovery using a non-point source nutrient reduction framework | Oyster Planting | The proposed project will restore 20 acres of oyster reefs and reduce nitrogen and phosphorus in the Wye River oyster sanctuary. The project will engage the State and Queen Anne's County to evaluate and develop a mechanism to allow local jurisdictions the ability to use pollution reduction credits resulting from oyster restoration on submerged lands currently managed by State authorities. | Queen Anne's | 36 | Queen Anne's County, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences, Horn Point Laboratory |
| 2 | Washington College | Natural Lands Project - Advancing Conservation Efforts on Maryland's Mid and Upper Shore | Grass Buffers/Meadows, Wetlands, Tree Planting | The proposal will restore 230 acres of native grasslands, pollinator habitat, and buffers, as well as 10 acres of wetlands and 8.5 acres of afforestation in priority areas on the Upper and Mid-Shore over the next three years. | Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 36, 37B | Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, Ducks Unlimited |
| 3 | Maryland Forestry Foundation | Healthy Forests, Healthy Waters - Achieving nutrient and sediment benefits through forest restoration | Tree Planting | Through the Healthy Forests, Healthy Waters Initiative, the Maryland Forestry Foundation will plant trees on approximately 348 acres on 49 sites within 11 counties.
| Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery, Washington | 1A, 1C, 2A, 4, 5, 7, 9A, 10, 15, 35A, 36, 42A, 42C | Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland Forest Service, Forestry Boards |
| 4 | SilvoCulture, Inc. | Multifunctional Forest Buffers in Frederick and Washington Counties 2026 | Tree Planting | For the proposed project, SilvoCulture will plant 7,425 trees on 24.75 acres across three sites, working to create a regional economy based on nut trees and agroforestry to provide stable ecologies and rural livelihoods. | Frederick, Washington | 2A, 4 | Town of Middletown, On Our Own Frederick |
| 5 | Western Maryland RC&D | Western Maryland Afforestation Program 2026 | Tree Planting | This project will establish native forests on 296.51 acres of private and public land in Garrett, Allegany, Washington, and Frederick Counties, Maryland, including 104.94 acres of new riparian buffer and plantings on 52.1 acres of formerly mined lands. | Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, Washington | 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 4 | Maryland Forest Service |
| 6 | ShoreRivers | FY2026 ShoreRivers Wetlands and Trees Phase II | Wetlands, Tree Planting | ShoreRivers will install 20 acres of wetlands and 20 acres of trees across the Eastern Shore. | Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 36, 37B | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
| 7 | Anne Arundel County Watershed Protection & Restoration Program | SO- Glebe Branch Stream Valley Restoration | Stream Restoration | The Anne Arundel County Bureau of Watershed Protection & Restoration is requesting funding to retrofit two stormwater outfalls and restore approximately 7,100 linear feet of the perennial channel in South Glebe Branch within the South River Watershed. | Anne Arundel | 30B | |
| 8 | ShoreRivers | FY 2026 ShoreRivers Stumpf Farm Stream Restoration & Reforestation | Stream Restoration | This project will target the restoration of 1,568 linear feet of perennial stream, repair and stabilize a 618-linear foot active head cut, restore 3.5 acres of floodplain wetlands, and reforest approximately 15 acres of open ground in the Critical Area. The conservation effort on this property is a partnership between ShoreRivers, the Cecil Soil Conservation District (SCD), Washington College Center for the Environment and Society, and Whitehall Partnership, who have coordinated efforts to leverage resources, funding, and expertise. | Cecil | 36 | Cecil Soil Conservation District (SCD), Washington College Center for the Environment and Society |
| 9 | Potomac Conservancy | Community Nature-Based Stormwater Management in the Cabin John Creek Watershed (Montgomery County) | Stream Restoration | This nature-based stormwater management project in the Potomac River watershed will address 637 linear feet of eroding ephemeral channels in the Inverness community in Potomac, MD. | Montgomery | 15 | Churchill Community Foundation |
| 10 | Harford County | Anita C. Leight Stream Restoration | Stream Restoration | The project involves restoring 560 linear feet of stream through natural channel design to improve the channel geometry, reduce instream channel erosion and improve habitat. | Harford | 34A | |
| 11 | The Prince George's County, Maryland | Arundel Rd. Green Street and Tree Canopy Project | Stormwater | The proposed project will transform a two-block section of Arundel Road in Mount Rainier, MD, into a green corridor by installing planted medians and a submerged gravel wetland. | Prince George's | 47A | |
| 12 | St. James Development Corporation Inc. | Project B - The Rev. Donald O. Wilson Park | Stormwater | The St. James Development Corp. will construct stormwater best management practices and conservation landscaping at a new park located behind St. James Episcopal Church in Harlem Park, West Baltimore.
| Baltimore City | 40 | MD DHCD, Chesapeake Bay Trust, Baltimore Community Foundation, St. James Terrace Apartments Corp., St. David's Episcopal Church of Baltimore, Nature Sacred |
| 13 | Resilience Authority of Charles County | FY26 Implementation of the Elite Stormwater Pocket Park Concrete to Green Project | Stormwater | The Resilience Authority of Charles County will address the hazardous flooding, ponding, lack of greenspace, and heat island effects at the County's heavily used Elite Gymnastics and Recreation Center in Waldorf. | Charles | 27A | Student Conservation Association |
| 14 | Catoctin Land Trust | Western Double Pipe Creek Watershed Stream Restoration, Wetland Restoration and Floodplain Reconnection Project | Wetland and Stream Restoration
Pay for Performance | The Catoctin Land Trust is proposing the Western Double Pipe Creek Watershed Stream Restoration, Wetland Restoration, and Floodplain Reconnection Project as a pay for success project on several agricultural properties in Union Bridge, Maryland, owned by one landowner. The project will restore 24.8 acres of wetlands and include 7,342 LF of stream restoration. | Frederick | 4 | State Highway Administration, Franklin and Marshall University |
| 15 | Carroll County Government - Bureau of Resource Management | Hampstead Valley 4 Restoration | Stormwater | The Carroll County Bureau of Resource Management will use step pools to create a stable channel for approximately 300 linear feet in the Fields Homeowners Association neighborhood.
| Carroll | 42C | Town of Hampstead |
| 16 | Commissioners of Sharptown | FY 25 :" Town of Sharptown Living Shoreline Restoration Project" | Living Shoreline Design | The Ferry Street Living Shoreline Project will treat stormwater runoff, create habitat, stabilize eroding slopes, and remove invasive species for the residents of Sharptown on the Nanticoke River. | Wicomico | 37A | |
| 17 | Montgomery County Maryland | Montgomery County FY26 Stormwater Management and Stream Restoration | Stormwater/Stream | Montgomery County will construct five non-point source pollution reduction projects. The projects will restore 4,800 linear feet of stream, capture stormwater runoff from a combined 105-acre drainage area, and provide 153.82 Equivalent Impervious Acres of credit. | Montgomery | 14, 39 | |
| 18 | Baltimore County Dept of Environmental Protection and Sustainability | Baltimore County DEPS Stream Restoration - Patapsco & Gwynns Falls Tributaries | Stream Restoration | The Patapsco Tributary at Victory Drive project will restore a 5,444 ft long stream using natural channel design in a highly impervious urban watershed in Lansdowne. | Baltimore | 44A | |
| 19 | | FY 2026 ShoreRivers Tulip Forest Farm Stream and Wetland Restoration | Stream Restoration | This project will restore 2,919 feet of stream and restore and enhance 7 acres of floodplain wetlands. | Kent | 36 | |
| 20 | Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc. | Grace Creek Living Shoreline Restoration - Implementation - CY2526 | Living Shoreline | Eastern Shore Land Conservancy will restore approximately 2,700 linear feet of tidal shoreline in the Lower Choptank Watershed in Talbot County, Maryland. | Talbot | 37B | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation |
| 21 | The Land Preservation Trust | Restoration at Stringtown Road | Grass Buffer/Meadows, Tree Planting, Wetland | The project is focused on habitat restoration, and consists of 1.27 acres of wetland restoration, 5.14 acres of wildflower pollinator meadow establishment, and 6.48 acres of upland game habitat establishment. | Baltimore | 42A | Baltimore County Soil Conservation District |
| 22 | Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay | Bioretention Installation at St. Nicholas Lutheran Church | Stormwater | The purpose of the project is to reduce and treat stormwater runoff in the lower Patuxent River watershed and create two resilient bioretention cells that will improve water quality, create habitat for native pollinators and wildlife, and educate the St. Nicholas Lutheran Church congregation as well as several community groups in Calvert County about stormwater management through outreach events, a maintenance day, and interpretive signage. | Calvert | 27C | Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake |
| 23 | City of Crisfield | The City of Crisfield Wetland Restoration Project | Wetlands/Flooding, Design | Phase I will support the City's work under the Southern Crisfield Flood Mitigation Project, particularly addressing flooding, drainage issues and restoration of wetlands. | Somerset | 38A | FEMA Direct Technical Assistance, The Nature Conservancy, Maryland Department of Emergency Management |
| 24 | Ducks Unlimited | Maryland Wetland Conservation Program II | Wetlands | Ducks Unlimited will restore approximately 85.5 acres of wetlands in existing marginally productive agricultural lands. | Baltimore, Dorchester, Queen Anne's | 6, 36, 37A, 37B | Wildlife and Heritage Service, Maryland Park Service |
| 25 | Frederick County Government | Restoration and Reforestation Utilizing Capital Improvements FY26 | Tree Planting | The project will plant approximately 80 acres of trees around the County on both private and public lands through the County's Creek ReLeaf Program. | Frederick | 3A, 4 | |
| 26 | Friends of Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Inc. | Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary Stream and Shoreline Restoration Phase 2: Implementation | Stream Restoration | Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary is a component of the Maryland National Estuarine Research Reserve protecting ~1,700 acres of diverse ecosystems including freshwater tidal river-marshes in the Patuxent River and two forested non-tidal tributary watersheds. The proposed stream and shoreline restoration project will result in construction of ~7,100 linear feet (1.34 miles) of stream restoration. | Anne Arundel | 30B | Anne Arundel County |
| 27 | Maryland Forest Service | 5 Million Trees - SP25 | Tree Planting | Maryland Forest Service (MFS) is the lead implementation partner in the statewide "5 Million Trees for Maryland" initiative. MFS will plant approximately 400 acres of trees on state-owned lands. | Cecil, Charles, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Queen Anne's, St. Mary's | 1A, 9A, 28, 29A, 35A, 36 | Maryland Park Service |
