As demand at state parks goes up, lawmakers are introducing legislation to increase staffing and fund much-needed renovations.
To keep and maintain Maryland’s pristine public lands, advocates and lawmakers must make the case to the public that more parks funding is needed.
Handling more visitors. Removing barriers to park access. Clearing maintenance backlogs. Alleviating low staffing and irregular funding. Coping with climate change. Those are the…
Maryland state parks desperately need a boost in funding to hire more permanent staff and update old infrastructure if they want to meet growing…
In the wake of a visitor surge so great that Maryland state parks turned people away 292 times last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic,…
By Charlotte Davis and Joel Dunn The writers are, respectively, executive director of the Rural Maryland Council and president and CEO of Chesapeake Conservancy….