MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

NATURAL RESOURCES

[photo, Muddy Creek Falls at Swallow Falls State Park, north of Oakland, Maryland]
  • State Forests
  • State Parks
  • State Wildlands
    • Muddy Creek Falls at Swallow Falls State Park, north of Oakland (Garrett County), Maryland, October 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
    [photo, Oak Tree, Davidsonville, Maryland]

    Environment

    Islands

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    Minerals

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    Trees

    Waterways

    Wildlife
    The Department of Natural Resources works to ensure the preservation, development, wise use, and enjoyment of Maryland's natural resources for the greatest benefit to the State and its citizens. The Department coordinates all natural resources activities within the State and reviews and evaluates all natural resources policies, plans, programs, and practices of county, State, regional and federal agencies and institutions. Some 480,995 acres of public land throughout the State are managed by the Department.

    Oak Tree, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1999. Photo by Diane P. Frese.

    [photo, Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Maryland]
  • Department of Natural Resources
  • University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

    • The Department of Natural Resources has partnered with Maryland Public Television to create a series, Outdoors Maryland, to showcase Maryland's natural areas and wildlife, as well as people's stories of their lives and experiences in their natural surroundings.

    Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Maryland, April 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    [photo, Io moth, Glen Burnie, Maryland] In addition, the General Assembly addresses concerns about natural resources through the Senate Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, and the House Environmental Matters Committee.



    Io moth, Glen Burnie, Maryland, January 2013. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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