$145 Million Proposed to Preserve Maryland Lands
11 January 2001 - 5:00am
Proposal will enable state to buy back land threatened by development.
Gov. Parris N. Glendening (D) said yesterday that he would expand his efforts to preserve open space throughout Maryland with a proposal to spend $145 million during the next five years to buy land threatened by development.The governor said the new spending would allow the state to purchase land linking already preserved tracts, helping to protectanimal habitats and creating additional buffers for the land from storm runoff and other pollutants.
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$145 Million Proposed to Preserve Maryland Lands
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The Washington Post, January 10, 2001
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