- Maryland Wildland
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In 1971, the Maryland State Legislature passed the Wildlands Protection Act. Under this law, the legislature can protect certain publicly-owned areas from logging or other incursions, and thus preserve them for future generations. To date, 29 Maryland Wildlands have been so designated.
The Maryland Wildlands Preservation System is the state's counterpart to the federal government's National Wilderness Preservation System, and consists of all those properties owned and managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources which are designated as State wildlands by the Maryland General Assembly. Each tract of land designated as a Maryland Wildland “overlaps” all or part of a state park, forest, wildlife management area or other DNR land unit (i.e., they are not "stand alone" units).
In all, there are now 43,773 acres (177.14 km2) of Maryland Wildlands in the state[1].
List of Maryland Wildlands
- Within the Savage River State Forest
- Savage Mountain Wildland (1973)
- Bear Pen Wildland
- Middle Fork Wildland
- High Rock Wildland
- Savage Ravines Wildland
- South Savage Wildland
- Within the Green Ridge State Forest
- Deep Run Wildland
- Maple Run Wildland
- Potomac Bends Wildland
- Within Rocky Gap State Park
- Rocky Gap Wildland
- Within the Sideling Hill Wildlife Management Area
- Sideling Hill Wildland
- Within Cunningham Falls State Park
- Cunningham Falls State Park Wildland
Frederick and Montgomery Counties:
- Within the Islands of the Potomac Wildlife Management Area
- Islands of the Potomac Wildland
- Within North Point State Park
- Black Marsh Wildland
- Within Gunpowder Falls State Park
- Gunpowder Falls Wildland
- Panther Branch Wildland
- Sweathouse Branch Wildland
- Mingo Branch/Bush Cabin Run Wildland
- Within the Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area
Howard and Montgomery Counties:
- Within Patuxent River State Park
- Patuxent River Wildland
- Within the Belt Woods Natural Environment Area
- Belt Woods Wildland (1997)
- Within Calvert Cliffs State Park
- Calvert Cliffs Wildland
- Within St. Mary's River State Park
- St. Mary's River Wildland
- Within the Mattawoman Natural Environment Area
- Mattawoman Wildland
- Within the Idylwild Wildlife Management Area
- Idylwild Wildland
- Within the Pocomoke River State Forest and/or Pocomoke River State Park
- Pocomoke River Wildland
- Cypress Swamp Wildland
- Within the Cedar Island Wildlife Management Area
- Cedar Island Wildland
References
- ^ “DNR Owned Land Acreage Report, 2008”; Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
External links
- The Maryland Wildlands Preservation System webpage at the Maryland DNR Website
Protected Areas of Maryland Federal Blackwater • Eastern Neck • Martin • Patuxent Research Refuge • Susquehanna RiverState Assateague • Big Run • Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park • Calvert Cliffs • Casselman River Bridge • Chapel Point • Cunningham Falls • Dans Mountain • Deep Creek Lake • Elk Neck • Fort Frederick • Fort Tonoloway • Gambrill • Gathland • Greenbrier • Greenwell • Gunpowder Falls • Hart-Miller Island • Herrington Manor • Janes Island • Jonas Green • Martinak • Matapeake • New Germany • North Point • Palmer • Patapsco Valley • Patuxent River • Pocomoke River • Point Lookout • Purse • Rocks • Rocky Gap • Rosaryville • Sandy Point • Seneca Creek • Smallwood • South Mountain • St. Clement's Island • St. Mary's River • Susquehanna • Swallow Falls • Tuckahoe • Washington Monument • Wye Oak
Cedarville • Chesapeake • Doncaster • Elk Neck • Garrett • Green Ridge • Pocomoke • Potomac-Garrett • Savage River • Seth • Stoney • Wicomico
Avondale • Belle Grove • Billmeyer • Bowen • Cedar Island • Cedar Point • Cheltenham • Chicamuxen • Dan's Mountain • Deal Island • Diersson • E.A. Vaughn • Earlville • Ellis Bay • Fairmount • Fishing Bay • Frederick City Watershed • Grove Farm • Gwynnbrook • Heater's Island • Hugg-Thomas • Idylwild • Indian Springs • Islands of the Potomac • Isle of Wight • Johnson • Le Compte • Linkwood • McKee-Beshers • Maryland Marine Properties • Millington • Mt. Nebo • Myrtle Grove • Nanticoke River • Old Bohemia • Pocomoke River • Prather’s Neck • Pocomoke Sound • Sideling Hill • Sinepuxent Bay • South Marsh • Strider • Taylors Island • Warrior Mountain • Wellington
Belt Woods • Dundee • Governor Parris N. Glendening • Mattawoman • Morgan Run • Severn Run • Soldiers Delight • Zekiah Swamp
County and
MunicipalParks & SanctuariesAcorn Park • Clifton Park • Constitution Park • Fort Smallwood Park • Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary • Lake Centennial • Lake Elkhorn • Lakelands Park • Oregon Ridge Park • Patterson Park • Robert E. Lee Memorial ParkNon-governmental Parks & SanctuariesBattle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary • Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary • Sherwood Gardens • Somers Cove Marina • Sugarloaf Mountain • Western Maryland Rail Trail • Youghiogheny Scenic & Wild River
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (web): Maryland Park Service (web) and Maryland Forest ServiceCategories:- Protected areas of Maryland
- Nature centers in Maryland
- Environment stubs
- Within the Savage River State Forest
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