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MD iMAP: Maryland Protected Lands - DNR Owned Properties and Conservation Easements
opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 2020-01-25T00:29:40.000ZThis is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages over 446 - 000 acres of public lands and protected open space in the state. The DNR Lands data (part of Technology Toolbox Protected Lands data set) consists of mapped information that represent those lands that are owned by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.Utilizing various land protection programs and funding sources - the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has preserved environmentally important lands through the use of perpetual conservation easements. The Forest Legacy Program is designed to identify and protect environmentally important forest lands that are threatened by present or future conversion to non-forest use through the use of perpetual conservation easements between willing sellers and willing buyers. Only private forest land in a Forest Legacy Area is eligible for the program. Marylands Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) has helped thousands of Maryland landowners plant streamside buffers - establish wetlands - protect highly erodible land - and create wildlife habitat. The State of Maryland has entered into a memorandum of Agreement with USDA authorizing the State of Maryland to continue the voluntary program for the purchase of perpetual easements for Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land. A perpetual CREP easement is a written legal agreement between a landowner and the State of Maryland in which there is an acquired permanent interest in the land to install or maintain conservation practices that protect water quality and natural resources. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) administers the CREP easement program. DNR is also assisted by a number of local governments and non-government organization sponsors. Last Updated: 05/2014Feature Service Link:http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Environment/MD_ProtectedLands/FeatureServer/0 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.
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Total Acres Preserved in Maryland Counties by Program
opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 2024-02-29T15:09:22.000ZLand preservation data shows acres preserved by federal, state, and local programs that either acquire land preservation easements or acquire land in fee; data for each program is provided for each of Maryland’s 23 counties and Baltimore City.
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MD iMAP: Maryland Green Infrastructure - Green Infrastructure Gaps
opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 2020-01-25T00:24:24.000ZThis is a MD iMAP hosted service layer. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. These data provide restoration value rankings and ecological attributes associated with green infrastructure gaps. The Green Infrastructure Assessment was developed to provide decision support for Maryland's Department of Natural Resources land conservation programs. Methods used to identify and rank green infrastructure lands are intended soley for this use. Other applications are at the discretion of the user. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is not responsible for any inaccuracies in the data and does not necessarily endorse any uses or products derived from the data other than those for which the data were originally intended. Maryland's green infrastructure is a network of undeveloped lands that provide the bulk of the state's natural support system. Ecosystem services - such as cleaning the air - filtering water - storing and cycling nutrients - conserving soils - regulating climate - and maintaining hydrologic function - are all provided by the existing expanses of forests - wetlands - and other natural lands. These ecologically valuable lands also provide marketable goods and services - like forest products - fish and wildlife - and recreation. The Green Infrastructure serves as vital habitat for wild species and contributes in many ways to the health and quality of life for Maryland residents. To identify and prioritize Maryland's green infrastructure - we developed a tool called the Green Infrastructure Assessment (GIA). The GIA was based on principles of landscape ecology and conservation biology - and provides a consistent approach to evaluating land conservation and restoration efforts in Maryland. It specifically attempts to recognize: a variety of natural resource values (as opposed to a single species of wildlife - for example) - how a given place fits into a larger system - the ecological importance of natural open space in rural and developed areas - the importance of coordinating local - state and even interstate planning - and the need for a regional or landscape-level view for wildlife conservation. The GIA identified two types of important resource lands - hubs"" and ""corridors."" Gaps are developed - agricultural - mined - or cleared lands within the Green infrastructure network that could be targeted for restoration. These were evaluated for their potential restoration to forest - wetland - or riparian buffers - by considering watershed condition - landscape position - local features - ownership - and programmatic considerations. Gaps with hydric soils were probably once wetlands - and could be restored as such. Reforestation of gaps along streams would not only benefit wildlife - but improve water quality and stream stability. Please refer to the Green Infrastructure web site (http://www.dnr.state.md.us/greenways/gi/gi.html) for additional information. Last Updated: Feature Service Layer Link: http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Biota/MD_GreenInfrastructure/MapServer/1 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively the ""Data"") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.
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MD iMAP: Maryland Protected Lands - Forest Conservation Act Easements
opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 2020-01-25T00:34:27.000ZThis is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. The Forest Conservation Act of 1991 requires units of local government with planning and zoning authority to establish and implement local forest conservation programs - and provides for the Department of Natural Resource s (DNR) administration of forest conservation requirements. During the 2008 Legislative Session - HB972 was adopted which effected the Forest Conservation Act's reporting and enforcement requirements. On or before July 1st of each year - the DNR shall submit to the Senate Education - Health - and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Environmental Matters Committee a statewide report compiled from local authorities. Included with this report DNR will also be required to submit - to the best practicable extent - the size shape and location of all conserved and planted forest areas submitted in an electronic geographic information system or other similar computer aided design format.This dataset is intended to satisfy the new geospatial reporting requirements beginning with the 2010 fiscal year reporting period. Last Updated: 05/2014Feature Service Link:http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Environment/MD_ProtectedLands/FeatureServer/3 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.
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MD iMAP: Maryland Broadband Providers Per Census Block
opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 2020-01-25T00:16:50.000ZThis is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. The service depicts the number of broadband service providers per census block and the layer represents the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) State Broadband Data Development Program (SBDD) area of broadband availability. The number of broadband providers per census block is illustrated. Area of broadband availability refers to those individual US Census Blocks - less than 2 square miles - where each facilities-based provider of broadband service can provide broadband services of minimal characteristics within 7 - 10 business days. For this purpose - 'broadband service' is the provision - on either a commercial or non-commercial basis - of data transmission technology that provides two-way data transmission to and from the Internet with advertised speeds of at least 768 kilobits per second (kbps) downstream and greater than 200 kbps upstream to end users - or providing sufficient capacity in a middle mile project to support the provision of broadband service to end-users within the project area. For this purpose - an 'end user' of broadband service is a residential or business party - institution or State or local government entity that may use broadband service for its own purposes and that does not resell such service to other entities or incorporate such service into retail Internet-access services. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are not 'end users' for this purpose. An entity is a 'facilities based' provider of broadband service connections to end user locations if any of the following conditions are met: (1) It owns the portion of the physical facility that terminates at the end user location; (2) it obtains unbundled network elements (UNEs) - special access lines - or other leased facilities that terminate at the end user location and provisions/equips them as broadband; or (3) it provisions/equips a broadband wireless channel to the end user location over licensed or unlicensed spectrum. For this purpose - 'broadband service' is 'available' at an address if the provider does - or could - within a typical service interval (7 to 10 business days) without an extraordinary commitment of resources - provision two-way data transmission to and from the Internet with advertised speeds of at least 768 kilobits per second (kbps) downstream and greater than 200 kbps upstream to end-users at that address. For additional information visit NOFA (Notice of Funding Availability) website: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/nofa.html Last Updated: 10/2014 Map Service Link: http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/UtilityTelecom/MD_BroadbandProviderPerCensusBlock/MapServer ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.
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MD iMAP: Maryland Protected Lands - Private Conservation Lands
opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 2020-01-25T00:28:05.000ZThis is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. The Private Conservation data layer is a collection of properties that are protected from development by a Private Conservation group or society either through ownership or conservation easement. Last Updated: 05/2014Feature Service Link:http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Environment/MD_ProtectedLands/FeatureServer/7 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.
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Reported Sewer Overflows
opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 2024-05-23T15:17:38.000ZNOTE: This dataset is no longer updated. Due to a change in databases, overflows after after January 31, 2023 are reported at https://opendata.maryland.gov/dataset/Reported-Sewer-Overflows-New-for-2023-/stgj-u72u/data_preview Reported sewer overflows from January 1, 2005 through January 31, 2023. Although MDE requires that all public sewer system owners or operators report overflows to us, there may be incidents that were not reported. Note that overflow amounts provided by the person reporting the overflow may be estimated using best professional judgment or they may be actual readings from flow measurement devices when available. Penalty information started during 2013.
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MD iMAP: Maryland Green Infrastructure - Green Infrastructure Hubs And Corridors
opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 2020-01-25T00:17:32.000ZThis is a MD iMAP hosted service layer. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. These data map hub and corridor elements within the green infrastructure. The Green Infrastructure Assessment was developed to provide decision support for Maryland's Department of Natural Resources land conservation programs. Methods used to identify and rank green infrastructure lands are intended soley for this use. Other applications are at the discretion of the user. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is not responsible for any inaccuracies in the data and does not necessarily endorse any uses or products derived from the data other than those for which the data were originally intended. Maryland's green infrastructure is a network of undeveloped lands that provide the bulk of the state's natural support system. Ecosystem services - such as cleaning the air - filtering water - storing and cycling nutrients - conserving soils - regulating climate - and maintaining hydrologic function - are all provided by the existing expanses of forests - wetlands - and other natural lands. These ecologically valuable lands also provide marketable goods and services - like forest products - fish and wildlife - and recreation. The Green Infrastructure serves as vital habitat for wild species and contributes in many ways to the health and quality of life for Maryland residents. To identify and prioritize Maryland's green infrastructure - we developed a tool called the Green Infrastructure Assessment (GIA). The GIA was based on principles of landscape ecology and conservation biology - and provides a consistent approach to evaluating land conservation and restoration efforts in Maryland. It specifically attempts to recognize: a variety of natural resource values (as opposed to a single species of wildlife - for example) - how a given place fits into a larger system - the ecological importance of natural open space in rural and developed areas - the importance of coordinating local - state and even interstate planning - and the need for a regional or landscape-level view for wildlife conservation. The GIA identified two types of important resource lands - hubs"" and ""corridors."" Hubs typically large contiguous areas - separated by major roads and/or human land uses - that contain one or more of the following: Large blocks of contiguous interior forest (containing at least 250 acres - plus a transition zone of 300 feet) Large wetland complexes - with at least 250 acres of unmodified wetlands; Important animal and plant habitats of at least 100 acres - including rare - threatened - and endangered species locations - unique ecological communities - and migratory bird habitats; relatively pristine stream and river segments (which - when considered with adjacent forests and wetlands - are at least 100 acres) that support trout - mussels - and other sensitive aquatic organisms; and existing protected natural resource lands which contain one or more of the above (for example - state parks and forests - National Wildlife Refuges - locally owned reservoir properties - major stream valley parks - and Nature Conservancy preserves). In the GIA model - the above features were identified from Geographic Information Systems (GIS) spatial data that covered the entire state. Developed areas and major roads were excluded - areas less than 100 contiguous acres were dropped - adjacent forest and wetland were added to the remaining hubs - and the edges were smoothed. The average size of all hubs in the state is approximately 2200 acres. Corridors are linear features connecting hubs together to help animals and plant propagules to move between hubs. Corridors were identified using many sets of data - including land cover - roads - streams - slope - flood plains - aquatic resource data - and fish blockages. Generally speaking - corridors connect hubs of similar type (hubs containing forests are connected to one ano
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Maryland Statewide Forest Conservation Easements
opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 2024-04-24T21:16:28.000ZThis dataset is intended to satisfy the new geospatial reporting requirements beginning with the 2010 fiscal year reporting period. The Forest Conservation Act of 1991 requires units of local government with planning and zoning authority to establish and implement local forest conservation programs, and provides for the Department of Natural Resource’s (DNR) administration of forest conservation requirements. During the 2008 Legislative Session, HB972 was adopted which effected the Forest Conservation Act's reporting and enforcement requirements. On or before July 1st of each year, the DNR shall submit to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Environmental Matters Committee a statewide report compiled from local authorities. Included with this report DNR will also be required to submit, to the best practicable extent, the size shape and location of all conserved and planted forest areas submitted in an electronic geographic information system or other similar computer aided design format.
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Maryland Environmental Trust Easements
opendata.maryland.gov | Last Updated 2024-04-24T21:15:41.000ZThe Maryland Environmental Trust (MET) is a statewide local land trust governed by a citizen Board of Trustees. Since its creation by the General Assembly in 1967, MET's main goal is the preservation of open land, such as farmland, forest land, and significant natural resources. The primary tool for doing this is the conservation easement, a voluntary agreement between a landowner and the MET Board of Trustees. MET Conservation Easements promote growth management, the protection of significant natural resources and rural areas, and discourage sprawling development patterns. A Conservation Easement is a perpetual legal agreement between a landowner (grantor) and the Trust (grantee) ensuring that a property shall not be developed beyond a limit agreed upon by both parties. The land is thereby protected and preserved without detriment to the rights of ownership, occupancy, or privacy, while the agreement provides for significant income, estate, and property tax benefits.