Maryland's Rural Legacy Board
The Rural Legacy Board consists of the Secretaries of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (Chair), the Maryland Department of Agriculture, and the Maryland Department of Planning.
The Rural Legacy Board administers the Rural Legacy Program with assistance and advice from the Rural Legacy Advisory Committee. The Board annually designates Rural Legacy Areas and recommends areas for funding to the Board of Public Works.
The Rural Legacy Program encourages local governments and private land trusts to identify Rural Legacy Areas - delineated areas within a county that include both working farms and ecologically significant landscapes - and to competitively apply for funds to complement existing land conservation efforts or create new ones. Local Sponsors must apply annually to the Rural Legacy Board for participation in the Program and to receive funding.
The Rural Legacy Board (RLB) will meet on Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. virtually via the Google Meet platform to discuss and vote on recommendations to the Board of Public Works for boundary expansions of three (3) existing designated Rural Legacy Areas (Deer Creek RLA, Gunpowder Valley RLA, and the Piney Run RLA), the creation and designation of a new Rural Legacy Area in Worcester County (to be named the Bishopville-Showell RLA), funding of the FY 25 Annual Grant Awards, and Other Business. (This meeting was postponed from July 1st, is now rescheduled for July 18th)
Thursday, July 18 th at 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Video call link:
https://meet.google.com/oyc-khne-zjo
Or dial: (US) +1 954-998-2486 PIN: 205 532 562#
The Agenda for the July 18, 2024 meeting of the Rural Legacy Board can be accessed at this
link
The minutes of the 2023 meeting can be accessed via this link:
Pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, the Rural Legacy Board meeting is open to the public; however; part of the meeting may be conducted in closed session pursuant to § 3-305(b)(3). During the open portion of the meeting, when invited by the Chair to participate, the public may comment on the discussion. Please contact Katrina L. Tucker at KatrinaL.Tucker@maryland.gov if you have questions.
The Rural Legacy Board consists of the Secretaries of the Department of Natural Resources (Chair), the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Planning. The Rural Legacy Board administers the Program with assistance and advice from the Rural Legacy Advisory Committee. The Rural Legacy Board designates Rural Legacy Areas and recommends areas for funding to the Board of Public Works.
Rural Legacy Board Chair:
Josh Kurtz
Secretary, Department of Natural Resources
Tawes State Office Building
580 Taylor Avenue, C-4
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-260-8100
410-260-8111 (fax)
Kevin Atticks
Secretary, Department of Agriculture
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-841-5880
410-841-5914 (fax)
Rebecca Flora
Secretary, Department of Planning
301 West Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-767-4510
410-767-4480 (fax)
Maryland's Rural Legacy Advisory Committee
Rural Legacy Program Staff Contacts
