Easement Planning and Landowner Engagement
Join MET for our next Land Trust Roundtable on November 6, 2025. This Roundtable will provide an overview of MET’s easement review process, as well as interactive mapping tools that can be used to analyze parcels, identify lands with high conservation value and build out the Deed of Easement’s conservation attributes. The Roundtable will also explore opportunities to collaborate on future conservation projects, joint outreach and more. Participants are encouraged to bring their questions and experiences to share
This event is free to Maryland land trusts and MET's conservation partners. Registration is required. Please RSVP by COB on October 30, 2025.
Register Now
From Data to Conservation: How Maryland's Land Mapping Tools Support Conservation Strategy
May 15, 2025
This Roundtable featured speakers from DNR’s Watershed and Climate Services unit as well as the Maryland Department of Planning. Participants learned about the state’s land conservation data and interactive mapping tools. Presentations included updates on the State’s efforts to collect and map comprehensive land trust and local conservation organization data, information on Maryland’s land data and GIS layers and a deeper dive into the State’s mapping and planning tools.
Workshop Materials:
Partnerships: Collaboration, Expectations & Enforcement
November 7, 2024.
This Roundtable discussed the changes to MET’s updated Cooperative Agreement template and monitor reporting options and requirements. The Roundtable also included an introduction to MET’s draft process for managing documented violations. Participants shared their experiences, insights, and challenges with violation detection and management.
Workshop Materials:
Monitoring & Stewardship: Challenges and Successes
April 30, 2024
This Land Trust Roundtable featured an interactive discussion focused on monitoring and stewardship challenges and successes. Participants asked questions, shared experiences and learned lessons from their peers.
State of the State of Maryland’s Conservation Programs
May 30, 2024
MET and Forever Maryland collaborated on this in-person workshop that discussed the state of Maryland’s conservation programs. The goal of this event was to get more conservationists to understand how each of the State’s conservation programs is working towards a common goal. The workshop also included a report on the outcomes of the 2024 state legislative session and a brief facilitated discussion on challenges that threaten the work of land conservation (including invasive species and solar energy development.
Workshop Materials:
Land Trust Roundtables
Maryland Environmental Trusts hosts semiannual Land Trust Roundtables. These events provide land trust staff, board members and volunteers an opportunity to come together and exchange ideas about the challenges relating to land conservation and stewardship.
