Western Maryland Resource Conservation And Development

PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND PROGRAM ASSISTANCE TO LANDOWNERS TO ACCELERATE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES.

IMPLEMENT RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ON ACEP-WRE AND WRPEASEMENTS IN MARYLAND.

THE FOLLOWING SCOPE AND BUDGET ARE BEING PROVIDED BY THE WESTERN MARYLAND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (WMRCD) TO THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, CHESAPEAKE BAY FIELD OFFICE (SERVICE) TO ASSIST IN STRATEGIC HABITAT RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION PLANNING AND SURVEY, PROJECT CONSTRUCTION, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, AND PROJECT INSPECTION OF RESTORATION PROJECTS AS OUTLINED BELOW. THE SERVICE AND U.S. ARMY GARRISON FORT GEORGE G. MEADE (FMMD) HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT(S) LOCATED ON FORT GEORGE G. MEADE (FMMD), IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MARYLAND. THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT(S) OF TWO UNNAMED TRIBUTARIES TO SEVERN RUN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DESIGNED UNDER A SEPARATE SCOPE OF WORK. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT(S) WILL ASSIST FMMD IN MEETING SEDIMENT REDUCTION TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL) GOALS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE FMMD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4) PERMIT AND SUPPORT NATURAL RESOURCE PROGRAM PRIORITIES OBJECTIVES FOR STREAM AND RIPARIAN HABITATS (I.E., NORMAL, HEALTHY RANGES FOR MID-ATLANTIC FORESTED STREAMS WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURE, ACIDITY, TURBIDITY, VELOCITY, AND CONNECTIVITY WITH THE FLOOD PLAIN). NEARLY 85% OF THE FGGM WATERSHED DRAINS INTO TWO STREAMS THAT FLOW ON TO THE PATUXENT RESEARCH REFUGE (PRR) AND INTO THE LITTLE PATUXENT RIVER. THE REMAINING 15% OF THE FGGM WATERSHED FLOWS INTO THE HEADWATERS OF SEVERN RUN, A TRIBUTARY TO THE SEVERN RIVER, WHICH FLOWS DIRECTLY INTO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. SEVERN RUN ALSO CONTAINS THE LAST REPRODUCING BROOK TROUT POPULATION IN MARYLANDS COASTAL PLAIN AND IS HISTORIC SPAWNING HABITAT FOR ANADROMOUS FISH. FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF PHASE II OF THIS PROJECT, WMRCD WILL USE AGREEMENT FUNDS TO BEGIN WORK ON PHASE II OF THE PROJECT. THIS EFFORT INCLUDES FT. MEADE STREAM RESTORATION PHASE II AND III, WHICH ENTAILS ASSESSING, DESIGNING, AND CONSTRUCTING ONE OR MORE STREAM RESTORATION PROJECTS. THE DESIGN BUILD PROJECT(S) IS LOCATED ON FORT GEORGE G. MEADE (FMMD), IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MARYLAND.

PROJECT TASKS:WMRCD WILL COLLABORATE JOINTLY WITH THE SERVICE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVERAL RESTORATION PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT BROOK TROUT AND AT-RISK SPECIES IN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. SPECIFIC PROJECT TASKS ARE OUTLINED BELOW. TASK 1 SOUTHERN MARYLAND REFUGE LAND PROTECTION: FUNDS WILL BE APPLIED TO SALARY FOR THE CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY TO ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN MARYLAND REFUGE PLAN. THE PLANNING EFFORT CONSIST OF PARTNERSHIPS OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND NGO CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE SERVICE, THAT IS PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING CONSERVATION ACROSS A LARGE LANDSCAPE. THE SERVICE IS LEADING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTHERN MARYLAND REFUGE PLAN AND IS CHAIRPERSON OF THE PARTNERSHIPS. TASK 2 CONTRACTORS FOR RESTORATION:FUNDING UNDER THIS TASK WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE SALARY FOR CONTRACTORS TO WORK ON RESTORATION PROJECTS ON BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OWNED PROPERTIES. THE POSITIONS MAY VARY IN THE NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED PER WEEK AND SALARY PAID. PROJECTS WILL BE TARGETED TOWARD AT-RISK SPECIES, AQUATIC CONNECTIVITY, LAND PRESERVATION, AND OTHER PROJECTS PROVIDING HABITAT RESTORATION. TASK 3 AQUATIC RESTORATION:FUNDS WILL BE USED ON AQUATIC RESTORATION PROJECTS IN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. THE MONEY WILL HELP MATCH OTHER STATE, FEDERAL, AND GRANT FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT AQUATIC CONNECTIVITY PROJECTS WHICH MAY CONSIST OF STREAM RESTORATION, CULVERT REMOVAL REPLACEMENT AND DAM REMOVAL. TASK 4 AT-RISK SPECIES RESTORATION:THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON RESTORATION THAT IMPROVES HABITAT FOR SPECIES AT RISK AND FOR LISTED SPECIES. THE TARGETED SPECIES INCLUDE CHESAPEAKE LOGPERCH, BLACK RAIL, SALT MARSH SPARROW, AND FRESHWATER MUSSELS. THE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTRACTOR SALARY IF NEEDED TO COMPLETE IMPLEMENTATION. THE WORK WILL CONSIST OF RESTORING FOREST BUFFERS ALONG STREAMS, COMPLETING SALT MARSH RUNNEL WORK, ASSESSING, AND IDENTIFYING CULVERT REPLACEMENT PROJECTS, AND FRESHWATER WETLAND CREATION FOR BLACK RAIL. TASK 5 EVALUATE BIRD, FISH, AND AMPHIBIAN INJURY AT A HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE: THE TASK WILL UTILIZE THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE SERVICE AND WMRCD TO PARTICIPATE IN A TASK TO EVALUATE BIRD, FISH, AND AMPHIBIAN INJURY AT A HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE. NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT (NRDA) IS A REGULATORY PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF RESTORATION NEEDED TO COMPENSATE THE PUBLIC FOR INJURIES TO NATURAL RESOURCES RESULTING FROM THE RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. BIRDS, FISH, AND AMPHIBIANS AT THE KOPPERS SUPERFUND SITE (NEWPORT, DE) ARE LIKELY EXPOSED TO CREOSOTE, WHICH WAS PRODUCED AT THE SITE FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THE SERVICE IS CONDUCTING DATA GAP STUDIES TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL NATURAL RESOURCE INJURIES THROUGH FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES AND CHEMICAL ANALYSES IN 2023 AND 2024. THE SERVICE AND WMRCD WILL COLLABORATE ON THE COLLECTION OF LABORATORY AND FIELD DATA, DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION, AND REPORT WRITING.

IMPLEMENT RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR PROPERTIES ENROLLED IN THE AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM, WETLANDS RESERVE EASEMENT (ACEP-WRE) , AND THE WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM (WRP)

FT. MEADE STREAM RESTORATION PROJECT PHASE II AND III

IMPLEMENT RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR PROPERTIES ENROLLED IN THE AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM, WETLANDS RESERVE EASEMENT (ACEP-WRE), AND THE WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM (WRP).

WESTERN MARYLAND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT WILL WORK WITH THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO IMPLEMENT HABITAT RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT ON THE CHESAPEAKE MARSHLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLEX IN MARYLAND. HABITAT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE CREATION OF FUEL BREAK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PRESCRIBED FIRE AND WILDFIRE CONTAINMENT, COMMERCIAL THINNING OF FORESTED HABITATS FOR RESTORATION PURPOSES, INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT, MAINTENANCE OF AGRICULTURAL AND MOIST-SOIL HABITATS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES RELATED TO HABITAT MANAGEMENT ON THE COMPLEX.

EASEMENT ACQUISITION SERVICES

WRE/WRP WETLAND RESTORATION AND MGMT

2021 FT. MEADE STREAM RESTORATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

2021 HABITAT RESTORATION

SOIL HEALTH, CONSERVATION WORKSHOPS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCETO CUSTOMERS

2021 HABITAT RESTORATION

IMPLEMENT RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR PROPERTIES ENROLLED IN THE AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM.

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAS CONTRACTED THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO RESTORE WILDLIFE HABITAT ON MULTIPLE INSTALLATIONS. THIS WORK INCLUDES DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY, NATIVE SPECIES MEADOWS PLANTING NATIVE TREES OR FOSTERING NATURAL REGENERATION TO EXPAND FORESTS PLANTING NATIVE FLOWERING PLANTS, SHRUBS OR TREES AND CONDUCTING INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT. IN ADDITIONAL TO HABITAT RESTORATION, WORK INCLUDES FACILITATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMMUNITYS ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION FOR THESE NATURAL SPACES. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE MAKING SEVERAL SITES ACCESSIBLE TO THE INSTALLATION COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING AND INSTALLING EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE. ADDITIONALLY, THESE PROJECTS HELP INSTALLATIONS WITH REDUCING COSTS OF MOWING, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, AND MEETING THEIR TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS GOALS.

WMRCD COUNCIL WILL COLLABORATE JOINTLY WITH THE SERVICE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVERAL RESTORATION PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT BROOK TROUT AND AT RISK SPECIES IN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE WMRCAND D COUNCIL WILL ASSIST IN STRATEGIC HABITAT RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION PLANNING AND SURVEY, MONITORING ACTIVITIES, SPECIES DATABASE MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, AND PROJECT INSPECTION OF RESTORATION PROJECTS

WETLANDS AND WILDLIFE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES.

PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LANDOWNERS TO ACCELERATE IMPLEMENTATIONOF CONSERVATION PRACTICES.

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAS CONTRACTED THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO RESTORE WILDLIFE HABITAT ON MULTIPLE INSTALLATIONS. THIS WORK INCLUDES DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY, NATIVE SPECIES MEADOWS AND PLANTING NATIVE TREES OR FOSTERING NATURAL REGENERATION TO EXPAND FORESTS PLANTING NATIVE FLOWERING PLANTS, SHRUBS OR TREES AND CONDUCTING INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT. IN ADDITIONAL TO HABITAT RESTORATION, WORK INCLUDES FACILITATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMMUNITYS ENJOYMENT AND APPRECIATION FOR THESE NATURAL SPACES. THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE MAKING SEVERAL SITES ACCESSIBLE TO THE INSTALLATION COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING AND INSTALLING EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE.

WESTERN MARYLAND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT WILL WORK WITH THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO IMPLEMENT PUBLIC ACCESS HABITAT RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ON THE CHESAPEAKE MARSHLANDS NWR COMPLEX IN MARYLAND

ACCELERATE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES RELATED TO GRAZINGLANDS, ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS, WETLAND RESTORATION, AND CONSERVATIONBUFFERS.

FORESTRY ECON STRATEGY

FT MEADE STREAM RESTORATION PHASE 1

HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS-SPECIES AT RISK

WESTERN MARYLAND RESOURCE - STRATEGIC HABITAT RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION PLANNING

COOPERATIVE AGRMNT FOR SPECIES AT RISK

STREAM PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

CULVERT REPLACEMENT ON SOUTH BRANCH BEAR CREEK, ACCIDENT, MD FY2016

STREAM RESTORATION ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN REVIEW TRAINING

TRUST SPECIES HABITAT RESTORATION MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE

STREAM PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

STREAM PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

VISITOR SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND INTERPRETATION AND BIOLOGICAL PROGRAMS AT PATUXENT RESEARCH REFUGE

OPERATION OF INTERPRETIVE TRAM AT PATUXENT RESEARCH REFUGE

SECTOR-BASED STRATEGIES

WESTERN MARYLAND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT WMRCD WILL COLLABORATE JOINTLY WITH THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES CHESAPEAKE BAY FIELD OFFICE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RESTORATION PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT AQUATIC AND AT RISK SPECIES IN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE AQUATIC CONNECTIVITY PROJECTS SUCH AS STREAM RESTORATION CULVERT REMOVAL OR REPLACEMENT AND DAM REMOVAL WILL BE INCLUDED IN ADDITION PROJECTS WILL FOCUS ON RESTORATION THAT IMPROVES HABITAT FOR AT RISK AND LISTED SPECIES THE TARGETED BENEFITTING SPECIES INCLUDE CHESAPEAKE LOGPERCH EASTERN BLACK RAIL SALTMARSH SPARROW AND FRESHWATER MUSSELS

STREAM AND WETLAND PERMIT REVIEW

WMRCD WILL COLLABORATE JOINTLY WITH THE SERVICE IN THE TO DESIGN AND PERMIT THE REMOVAL OF A SMALL DAM LOCATED ON CONOWINGO CREEK IN CECIL COUNTY, MD. THE DAM IS LOCATED ON PROPERTY OWN BY GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA. THEY ARE ALSO A PARTNER ON THE PROJECT. THE TARGETED SPECIES FOR THIS PROJECT IS CHESAPEAKE LOGPERCH, WHICH IS ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST.

WMRC D WILL COLLABORATE JOINTLY WITH THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE S CHESAPEAKE BAY FIELD OFFICE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RESTORATION PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT AQUATIC AND AT-RISK SPECIES IN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE. AQUATIC CONNECTIVITY PROJECTS SUCH AS STREAM RESTORATION, CULVERT REMOVAL REPLACEMENT AND DAM REMOVAL WILL BE INCLUDED. IN ADDITION, PROJECTS WILL FOCUS ON RESTORATION THAT IMPROVES HABITAT FOR AT-RISK AND LISTED SPECIES. THE TARGETED BENEFITTING SPECIES INCLUDE CHESAPEAKE LOGPERCH, EASTERN BLACK RAIL, SALTMARSH SPARROW, AND FRESHWATER MUSSELS.

RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION OF CHESAPEAKE BAY FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT

STREAM PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

STREAM RESTORATION ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN REVIEW TRAINING OF PINEY RUN STREAM RESTORATION PHASE II PLANS

PINEY RUN STREAM RESTORATION 60% DESIGNS

HABITAT RESTORATION: SPECIES AT RISK

SEDIMENT MODEL EVALUATION

TRUST SPECIES HABITAT RESTORATION MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE

STREAM PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM

TRUST SPECIES HABITAT RESTORATION MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE

ROOT DENSITY AND INFILTRATION STUDY

STREAM ASSESSMENT, RESTORATION DESIGN, AND MODELING-NAVY DAIRY FARM

COMMUNITY FACILITY

PINEY RUN STREAM RESTORATION, 90% DESIGNS

BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL MONITORING IN THE ANACOSTIA AND POTOMAC RIVERS

TRUST SPECIES HABITAT RESTORATION

CULVERT REMOVAL, CLIFFORD BRANCH, FREDERICK COUNTY, FREDERICK, MD FY2014

RESOURCE CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT

THIS AGREEMENT WILL PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF LANDS IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND BY ASSISTING OUR CUSTOMERS WITH PLANNING AND GRAZING.

ACEP-WRE ANDWRP RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT

MITIGATE ACID MINE DRAINAGE

EASEMENT ACQUISITION SERVICES