The Land Conservation group administers the Rural Legacy Program, the Conservation Reserve Enhancement (CREP) Permanent Easement Program, Program Open Space State Side, conservation easement monitoring for each of these Programs, and Federal Grants. The Land Conservation Group works closely with the Real Property Group, who also handles Program Open Space State Side fee acquisitions.
Stacy Schaefer, Associate Director Land Conservation
stacy.schaefer@maryland.gov 410-260-8431
Katie Sullivan Gaver
Coordinator: Board of Public Works, Data and POS State Side Due Diligence
kathleen.gaver@maryland.gov 410-260-8424
Program Open Space - State Side
Central Region and POS Conservation Easements: Cheryl Wise
cheryl.wise@maryland.gov 410-260-8410
Eastern Region:
Vacant Position
Southern Region: Jacqueline Sandoval Tahsuda
jacqueline.tahsuda@maryland.gov 410-260-8441
Western Region: John Braskey
john.braskey@maryland.gov 301- 777-2030
Federal Grants and Settlement Liaison: Tom McCarthy
tom.mccarthy@maryland.gov 410-260-8429
CREP Permanent Easements Administrators
Shawn Clotworthy
Washington County, Harford County, Somerset County and Worcester County
shawn.clotworthy@maryland.gov 410-260-8421
Katrina Tucker
Queen Anne’s County, Caroline County, Dorchester County, Wicomico County
katrinal.tucker@maryland.gov 410-260-8408
Tom McCarthy
Frederick County
tom.mccarthy@maryland.gov 410-260-8429
Rural Legacy Area Administrators by Rural Legacy Area (RLA)
Katrina Tucker
Agricultural Security Corridor RLA; Anne Arundel South RLA; Manor RLA; Nanticoke RLA; Harriet Tubman RLA; Quantico Creek RLA; Dividing Creek RLA; Coastal Bays RLA; Lands End RLA; Foreman Branch RLA.
katrinal.tucker@maryland.gov 410-260-8408
Shawn Clotworthy
Bear Creek RLA; Huntersville RLA; Patuxent Prince Georges RLA; North Calvert RLA; Calvert Creeks RLAs; Fair Hill RLA; Mid-Maryland Washington RLA; Little Pipe Creek RLA; Upper Patapsco RLA; Deer Creek RLA; Piney Run RLA; Long Green Valley RLA; Gunpowder RLA; Baltimore County Coastal RLA; Mountain Ridge RLA and Easement Monitoring Administrator.
shawn.clotworthy@maryland.gov 410-260-8421
Tom McCarthy
Mattapany RLA; Mid-Maryland Frederick RLA; Carrollton Manor RLA; Upper Patuxent River(Howard Co.) RLA; Zekiah Run RLA.br/>
tom.mccarthy@maryland.gov 410-260-8429
Margaret Giblin
Mid-Maryland Montgomery RLA; Upper Patuxent River Reservoir Watershed (Montgomery Co.) RLA.
margaret.giblin@maryland.gov 301-832-1837