Land Acquisition and Planning

Real Property Acquisition and Management


The Real Property Acquisition and Management group administers Program Open Space Stateside and the Survey and GIS Team.

Jacqueline Sandoval Tahsuda,
Associate Director Real Property Acquisition and Management

[email protected]
443-775-0548 Cell, 410-260-8441 Office


Acquisition

Program Open Space Stateside

Program Open Space Stateside preserves natural areas for public recreation and watershed and wildlife protection across Maryland through the purchase of fee-simple and easement acquisitions. Fee simple purchases are managed by the department as State Parks, Forests, and Wildlife and Fisheries Management Areas.

Program Open Space Stateside Supervisor:​ Cheryl Wise​​
[email protected]
443-569-2839 Cell, 410-260-8410 Office


POS Conservation Easements (All Regions): Cheryl Wise​
[email protected]
443-569-2839 Cell, 410-260-8410 Office

Central Region: Samuel Versey
Baltimore City and County, Carroll, Cecil, Harford, Howard, Montgomery
[email protected]
443-949-5501 Cell, 410-260-8410

Eastern Region: Bryan Wieland
Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, Worcester
[email protected]
410-349-7751 Cell, 410-260-8422 Office

Southern Region: Dawn Thomas
Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s, St. Mary’s
[email protected]
443-534-5723​

Western Region: Nathan Beeman​
Allegany, Frederick, Garrett, Washington
[email protected]
240-313-8741

Management

Survey and GIS

This team administers the Department of Natural Resources Lands Boundary Inventory, Department of Natural Resources Lands Boundary Protection, and Mapping/GIS/CAD.

Rodney D. Vese, Jr., Lead Administrator and GIS Manager
[email protected]
443-699-4911 Cell, 410-260-8478 Office

Kevin G. Wagner, Western Regional Administrator
[email protected]
443-883-6436

Tom Dowd, Eastern Regional Administrator
[email protected]
410-703-9253​

Vacant, Central and Southern Administrator

Ashleigh Piccoli, Natural Resource Planner, GIS Technician
[email protected]
443-699-6890 Cell, 410-260-8413 Office