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Planning Board Hearing Date: 4/6/2017

Forest Conservation Program Annual Report

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Forest Conservation Law

Chapter 22A-26(f)The Planning Board must make all reports on the County forest conservation program to the General Assembly and State Department of Natural Resources that are required under State law or regulation.

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Spring Arbor Development

• Facility has been designed to fit well with the topography and environmental constraints of the site.

• Approximately 8 acres of existing forest will be cleared, 27 acres of forest and sensitive environmental areas will be retained.

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Barnesville Oaks Subdivision

• Subdivision was designed to allow agriculture to continue. • Approximately 40 of the 136 acres of existing forest were removed. The

remainder of the forest was permanently protected.

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Forest Conservation Easements

11,573 acres

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Bennett Creek Conservation Park

Dayspring

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Tracking Forest Conservation Plans

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Forest Conservation Fund

Chapter 22A-27• There is a County Forest Conservation Fund. Money deposited

into the Fund must be used in accordance with the adopted County budget and this Section:

• (a) In lieu fees. Money deposited in the Forest Conservation Fund must be spent on the reforestation and afforestation for which the money is deposited, including costs directly related to site identification, acquisition, design, preparation, or maintenance of existing forests, and achieving urban canopy goals, and must not revert to the General Fund. The permanent preservation of priority forests, including identification and acquisition of a site, may be substituted for reforestation and afforestation at a rate of 2 acres of forest preservation for each acre of planting required. Funds remaining after all reforestation and afforestation requirements are satisfied may be spent on any other tree conservation activity, including street tree planting.

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Reforestation

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Volunteer Program

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Forest Trend Analysis

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2008Forest Trend Analysis

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Staff Recommendation

Transmit Data to Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Forest Conservation Program Annual ReportForest Conservation LawForest Conservation Program DataForest Conservation Program DataSlide Number 5Slide Number 6Forest Conservation EasementsSlide Number 8Slide Number 9Tracking Forest Conservation PlansForest Conservation FundReforestationVolunteer ProgramSlide Number 14Forest Trend AnalysisSlide Number 16Slide Number 17Slide Number 18