MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CLIMATE RESILIENCE

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The Department of Natural Resources is a leader in climate change action in Maryland. The Department is leading efforts to:

  • Collect, analyze, and generate climate data to inform how Maryland manages land and water resources;
  • Strategically protect land to adapt to climate impacts, such as sea level rise, changing precipitation patterns, and invasive species;
  • ​Reevaluate how the state manages and restores land and aquatic resources to adapt to current and future climate conditions;
  • Work directly with communities to support their climate adaptation needs, including technical assistance, building capacity, and identifying opportunities to use nature-based strategies to strengthen community resilience; and
  • Bolster this work through policy change and cross-agency collaboration.

Together, these initiatives aim to strengthen the resilience of Maryland’s diverse natural, human, social, and economic systems to the impacts of climate change.




What is Resilience?

Resilience is the ability to adapt to changing conditions and withstand—and rapidly recover from—disruption due to emergencies. In other words, it means bouncing back after something bad happens. This ability to overcome, or bounce back, is a concept that applies to individuals, to communities large and small, to our infrastructure, and to the environment.

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DNR’s Climate Implementation Plan​


Maryland's​ plan is to achieve its near-term climate goals and place the state on a path to achieve net-zero emissions by 2045. Each state agency has its own Climate Implementation Plan to reach those goals.

DNR’s Climate Implementation Plan​ details the department’s work to plant trees, protect shorelines, sequester carbon, invest in renewable energy, bolster regenerative agriculture, and other strategies to support the state’s climate objectives. The plan lays out resources for implementing these efforts, as well as the consequences of the projects, which will create jobs, ensure equity, and protect habitats.​