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Earth Day CelebrationMaryland Media Liaison: It is with great pleasure that I invite you to participate in the 2008 NRCS Earth Day Celebration. This year’s celebration will take place Tuesday, April 22, at the family farm of Mr. Glenn Elseroad at 5600 Mount Gilead Road, Reisterstown, Maryland 21136. The program begins at 10:30 a.m. and will conclude at approximately 11:30 a.m. Guests are urged to arrive early. (map) This year’s Earth Day celebration will be especially noteworthy as a new Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) easement purchase will be announced. USDA cost share with Baltimore County for the purchase of FRPP easements is $1.6 million. As you know FRPP has been very popular nationwide and enjoys tremendous success in Maryland. The easement announced on Earth Day will add significantly to sustaining agricultural land in Maryland that is permanently protected from development. I cordially invite you to join us and would be honored by your presence at this momentous event. Other invited guests include U.S. Agriculture Secretary Edward T. Schafer, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin, and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, 6th Congressional District, and other conservation and community leaders. As the sponsor of the event, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is excited about the opportunity to expand participation in FRPP and consider the Earth Day announcement a perfect opportunity to gain public recognition of both the program and the conservation partnership that made it possible. Your participation in this public celebration will further reinforce the value of our nation’s soil resources. Our mission at NRCS is “Helping People Help the Land.” Informing the public about conservation programs and successes are critical to our conservation partnership continuing to be able to work together assisting landowners in making sound scientific decisions about land management. Please RSVP to Lydia Donovan at (443) 482-2907 or lydia.donovan@md.usda.gov by April 18. I sincerely hope that you will be able to join in this celebration commemorating Earth Day and the protection of Maryland’s agricultural land. Sincerely, Arlen. L. Lancaster |
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