MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

NATURAL RESOURCES

[photo, Muddy Creek Falls at Swallow Falls State Park, north of Oakland, Maryland]

Muddy Creek Falls at Swallow Falls State Park, north of Oakland (Garrett County), Maryland, October 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

[photo, Oak Tree, Davidsonville, Maryland]


Environment	Islands	Land	Minerals


Mountains	Trees	Waterways	Wildlife

The Department of Natural Resources works to ensure the preservation, development, wise use, and enjoyment of Maryland's natural resources for the greatest benefit to the State and its citizens. The Department coordinates all natural resources activities within the State and reviews and evaluates all natural resources policies, plans, programs, and practices of county, State, regional and federal agencies and institutions. Some 480,995 acres of public land throughout the State are managed by the Department.

Oak Tree, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 1999. Photo by Diane P. Frese.

[photo, Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Maryland]

Department of Natural Resources

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

The Department of Natural Resources has partnered with Maryland Public Television to create a series, Outdoors Maryland, to showcase Maryland's natural areas and wildlife, as well as people's stories of their lives and experiences in their natural surroundings.

Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Maryland, April 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.