September 26th at 5:30
The Oxford Conservation Park and the Natural Lands Project
Dan Small is the Associate Director of Natural Land Stewardship at the
Center for Environment & Society, Washington College.
Because of a recent grant from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the Talbot
County Oxford Conservation Park will be expanded to include the remaining 30 acres that was
part of the original gift creating the Park. Dan Small will talk about the plans for this expansion
and how this fits with the goals of the Natural Lands Project and the founding vision for the Park.
The Natural Lands Project is a large-landscape effort to restore native grasses, wetlands, and
forest throughout the region, on private and public lands.
The Natural Lands Project is a large-landscape effort to restore
native grasses, wetlands, and forest throughout the region, on
private and public lands. With its grasslands model based on the
successful restoration at RAFC, this effort to improve biodiversity
and water quality is the largest habitat restoration project in the
state.
The River & Field Campus (RAFC) offers 5,000 acres of farmland
and forests for research and conservation, as well as 300 acres of
experimental grasslands and the Foreman’s Branch Bird
Observatory. These resources broaden research and teaching
opportunities and strengthen the College’s link to the Eastern
Shore’s working landscape and agriculture. It will in the future be
the home of a student-run farm.