FY 27 Chesapeake & Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund


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#AwardeeProposal NamePractice DescriptionAbstractCounty(s)Legislative DistrictPartners
1Anne Arundel County Watershe​d Protection & Restoration ProgramBack Creek Stream RestorationStream RestorationThe County will restore 2,400 linear feet of the perennial channel in Back Creek and 290 linear feet of an unnamed tributary in a highly impervious watershed. Anne Arundel12
2The Land Preservation TrustPiney Run at Butler Road Stream Restoration Project - Phase 2Stream RestorationThe Land Preservation Trust will restore 2,556 linear feet of stream on Piney Run at Butler Road Baltimore42ABaltimore Co
3City of FrederickCarroll Creek Valley Restoration ProjectStream RestorationThe City will restore 7,580 linear feet of the Carroll Creek watershed and plant 24,000 trees resulting in water quality and flooding improvements as well as a passive park for recreation. Frederick3A
4The Land Preservation TrustHarford Creamery Road Stream RestorationStream Restoration, Agricultural PracticesThe Land Preservation Trust will restore 2,600 linear feet of stream channel and rehabilitate an existing in-line pond to create cold water discharge via bottom withdrawal, 6.14 acres of riparian plantings, four stream crossings, and 6,530 linear feet of livestock exclusion fencing. Harford7Harford Soil Conservation District
5ShoreRiversFY 2027 ShoreRivers Cecilton Farm Phase IIStream RestorationThis project will restore three entrenched stream reaches, totaling 3,770 feet, downstream from in-field treatment wetlands, and will remove a historic failing pond embankment while reconnecting fish passage.Cecil36Chesapeake Bay Trust, Cecil Soil Conservation District
6Maryland Forest Service5MT - 2026 Tree Planting on DNR LandTree PlantingMaryland Forest Service are working to implement the statewide "5 Million Trees for Maryland" initiative including 15 projects this year totaling in 303.66 acres and 131,800 tree planting opportunties.StatewideStatewide, 1C, 2A, 3A, 6, 7, 9A, 29A, 35A, 42AMaryland Park Service, Howard County Office of Community Sustainability, Arbor Day Foundation
7Maryland Forestry FoundationHEALTHY FOREST HEALTHY WATERS T12Tree PlantingThrough the Healthy Forests, Healthy Waters Initiative, the Maryland Forestry Foundation in partnership with others including 5 Million Trees, will implement Tree plantings on 72 sites, in 13 counties, covering 374.78 acres for a total of over 178,000 trees.Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, St. Mary's, Talbot, Washington1A, 1C, 2A, 2B, 3A, 4, 5, 7, 9A, 10, 14, 15, 27C, 29A, 29C, 34B, 35A, 35B, 36, 37B, 42A, 42C, 43Maryland Forest Service, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Nature Conservancy, Forestry Boards
8Green Trust AllianceTennyson Farm Restoration ProjectAgricultural PracticesThe Tennyson Farm Restoration Project incorporates upland BMPs, gully stabilization, and riparian and wetland enhancement to address both primary watershed stressors and agricultural runoff.St. Mary's29BSt. Mary’s River Watershed Association
9SilvoCulture, Inc.Edible Ecosystems for Healthy Watersheds 2027Tree Planting, Agricultural PracticesSilvoCulture will plant 8,100 trees on 27 acres across two private farm sites in Middletown and Myersville, providing long-term sources of nutritious food, wildlife habitat, water quality improvement, and ecological services that benefit the broader watershed.Frederick4Frederick County, On Our Own Frederick
10Baltimore County Dept of Environmental Protection and SustainabilityFY27 - Baltimore County DEPS - Herbert Run at Kelfield Stream RestorationStream RestorationThis project will restore 1,800 linear feet of the West Branch of Herbert Run and adjacent tributaries to alleviate channel instability, improve water quality and floodplain connectivity.Baltimore44B
11Catoctin Land TrustRoops Branch Stream and Floodplain RestorationStream Restoration, Agricultural PracticesThis project will restore 7,069 linear feet of existing degraded stream and abandoned floodplain. Carroll5Carroll Soil Conservation District, Stream Link
12Gunpowder Valley ConservancyEnhancing Resiliency through Reforestation and Stormwater Retrofits in the Gunpowder Watershed (DNR FY27)Tree Planting, StormwaterThe project will restore riparian buffers and upland forests within the Gunpowder watershed by planting trees on 48 acres and by installing 32 residential rain gardens, 9 institutional rain gardens, and 4 microbioretention practices on properties within the Gunpowder watershed.Baltimore7, 10, 11, 42A, 42B, 43Baltimore County, Carroll County
13West View Shores Civic AssociationWest View Shores Resilient Shoreline 2026Living ShorelineThis project will install a living shorline and enhance dunes and marsh migration corridors utilizing beneficial re-use of dredged material from a neighboring community. Cecil36Maryland Sea Grant Extension, Elk and North East River Watershed Association
14Western Maryland RC&DWestern Maryland Afforestation Program 2027Tree PlantingThis project will establish 97,152 trees on 246.9 acres across 31 private and public properties in Garrett, Allegany, Washington, and Frederick Counties, Maryland, including 53.56 acres of new riparian buffer and plantings on 18.37 acres of formerly mined lands. Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, Washington1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 4Maryland Forest Service, National Park Service, Garrett Soil Conservation District, Allegany Soil Conservation District, Washington County Soil Conservation District, and Frederick County Soil Conservation District
15Arundel Rivers FederationEdgewater Beach Shoreline RestorationLiving ShorelineThis project will construct two living shorelines on community property along Beards Creek and the South River to protect and enhance existing native marsh, enhance native vegetation, mitigate erosion, filter pollutants from runoff, and increase overall resilience of the sites using a combination of stone sills and low-impact submerged logs.Anne Arundel30BChesapeake Bay Trust, Edgewater Beach
16Harford CountyNorth Reardon Stream RestorationStream RestorationThe project involves using natural channel design features and floodplain reconnection to restore 2,227 linear feet in Reardon Branch and its unnamed tributary (Gunpowder River Watershed) as well as Reardon inlet. Harford34A
17City of Annapolis Public WorksHawkins Cove Shoreline RestorationLiving ShorelineThis project will implement a living shoreline in Hawkins Cove as well as a regenerative step pool conveyance system, along with accessibility and strategic land-based improvements. Anne Arundel30AHousing Authority of the City of Annapolis
18Chesapeake Rivers Association Inc.Roadside Gully at Hollywood FarmStormwaterThis project will install a Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance (RSC) system in an eroding ephmeral tributary to Ridout Creek, reconnect flow to the floodplain, incorporate riffles and pools to reduce peak flows, and stabilize an active headcut.Anne Arundel33Grow Annapolis, The Hispanic Consortium of Six Presbyterian Churches
19Bowie State University Foundation, Inc.Bowie State Regional Pond RetrofitStormwaterBowie State University proposes transforming an existing dry pond on its campus into a wet pond to improve water quality for the untreated impervious area within the pond's drainage area. Prince George's23A
20Baltimore Tree Trust, Inc.Baltimore Tree Trust FY27Tree PlantingBaltimore Tree Trust will remove .69 acres of impervious concrete and grind tree stumps to create 900 new tree wells and plant and maintain 500 new trees in Baltimore City in overburdened and underresourced neighborhoods with limited existing tree canopy and high impervious surfaces, enhancing water quality. Baltimore City40, 41, 43, 45, 46TreeBaltimore, The 6th Branch, Civic Works, Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood Organization
21Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc.Enhancing Habitats for San Domingo Creek ParkStormwater, Wetlands, MeadowThis project will transform the site into a vibrant public conservation park that reconnects the community to the waterfront, including implementing 2 acres of pollinator meadow, 1.53 acres of wetland enhancement and creation, and 0.33 acres of tree and shrub plantings, restoring native ecology in the Choptank Watershed.Talbot37BTown of St. Michaels
22Center for Watershed Protection, Inc.Forest Edge Circle Gully RestorationStormwaterThis project will implement a step pool storm conveyance system located off Forest Edge Circle in the Lake Linganore Community in Frederick County, MD addressing severe erosion from steep slope runoff.Frederick6Frederick County
23Green Trust AllianceHistoric Hog Neck Dynamic Living Reef and Shoreline ProjectLiving ShorelineThis project will install a living shoreline protecting 515 linear feet of eroding shoreline, regrade and vegetate a severely eroding 20+ foot high bank, and install 150 habitat reef balls on Rock Creek in the Historic Hog Neck Peninsula.Anne Arundel31ACoastal Conservation Association
24Potomac ConservancyEsprit Stormwater & Floodplain RestorationStormwaterThe project will remove failing concrete structures, stabilize severely eroded streambanks, and construct multi-stage channel and floodplain features to reduce sediment and nutrient loads.Montgomery15The Churchill Community Foundation
25Carroll County Government - Bureau of Resource ManagementStormwater Restoration - Manchester EastStormwater, Tree PlantingThis project will construct a new stormwater surface sand filter facility to provide water quality treatment in a 93.14 acre drainage area and reduce thermal impacts to the receiving cold water trout stream. This also includes planting 7.5 acres of native tree species.Carroll5, 42CTown of Manchester