The Nature Conservancy
Maryland / DC
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Maryland / DC
The Nature Conservancy
425 Barlow Place
Suite 100
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone:
301-897-8570
Email:
contactMDDC@tnc.org
Who to Contact
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General Inquiries
For questions about the Maryland/DC chapter and our public preserves.
Email: contactMDDC@tnc.org
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Hunting in Western MD
For questions and information about deer hunting on TNC preserves in Garrett, Allegany and Washington Counties.
Donnie Simmons
Phone: 301-302-9540 Email: gottahuntdeer@myactv.net
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Hunting on MD's Eastern Shore
For questions and information about deer hunting on TNC preserves on the Eastern Shore.
Kenny Rees
GFR Forestry
Phone: 410-219-3718 Email: krees@gfrforestry.com
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TNC Member Care
for questions about TNC: where we work, making a donation, becoming a member or career/internship opportunities.
Email: member@tnc.org
Chapter Staff and Offices
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Executive Director
Tim Purinton
Phone: 301-897-8570 View Biography
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Director of Philanthropy
Kristin Bramell
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Philanthropy Coordinator
Carrie Saylor
Phone: 240-630-7896 Email: carrie.saylor@tnc.org -
Director of Communications and Marketing
Severn Smith
Phone: 703-508-5944 Email: severn.smith@tnc.org -
Senior Media Relations Manager
Matthew Kane
Phone: 240-630-7052 Email: matthew.kane@tnc.org -
Eastern Shore Field Office
Eastern Shore Conservation Center
114 South Washington Street, Suite 102
Easton, MD 21601
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Western Maryland Field Office
Resilient Forests Program
The Lila Building
81 Baltimore Street, Suite 608
Cumberland, MD 21502
Trustees
Officers
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Steve Hills
Chair
Founding Director, Georgetown University Law Center Business Law Scholars Program
Chevy Chase, MD
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Amy Boebel
Campaign Steering Committee Co-Chair
Sculptor
Baltimore, MD
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Esko Korhonen
Campaign Steering Committee Co-Chair
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Federal Capital Partners
Bethesda, MD
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Elizabeth Lewis
Nominating & Governance Committee Chair
Managing Director of ESG at Blackstone Group
Washington, DC
Board Members
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Tom Amis
Chairman, Amis, Patel & Brewer, LLP
Chevy Chase, MD
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George Ashton
Managing Director of Strategic Investments, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
President, LISC Fund Management, LLC
Rockville, MD
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Roger Ballentine
President, Green Strategies Inc.
Bethesda, MD
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Walter Boynton, Ph.D.
Estuarine Ecologist
Prince Frederick, MD
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Mark Collins, Trustee Emeritus
Partner, Brown & Advisory Trust
Baltimore, MD
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Jeff Eckel
Chairman and CEO, Hannon Armstrong
Annapolis, MD
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Barbara L. Franklin
Owner, Pine Island Designs
Washington, DC
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Peter Goodwin, Ph.D.
President, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Cambridge, MD
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Alisha Griffey
Founder and CEO, Daintree Capital
Chevy Chase, MD
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Annie Huber
Community Volunteer
Reisterstown, MD
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Pier LaFarge
Co-founder and CEO, Sparkfund
Washington, D.C.
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Frank Loy
Former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
Washington, DC
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Tom Monahan
President and CEO, DeVry University
Founder and Managing Partner, Norton Street Capital
Chevy Chase, MD
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Kirsten Quigley
Founder & CEO, Lunchskins
Bethesda, MD
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Pamela Smith
Former U.S. Ambassador
Washington, DC
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David J. Steinberg
CEO, SnappCloud, Inc.
Washington, DC
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Crystal Romeo Upperman, PhD, MPA
Senior Scientist, Aclima
Washington, DC
Newsroom
Latest News
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Has Acquired 870 Acres From TNC Since 2016
Press Release | September 8, 2012
With the recent acquisition of 150 acres this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has acquired a total of 870 acres of land for the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge from The Nature Conservancy as space for local marshes to migrate to as sea-levels rise, critical to protecting bird habitat, water quality and shorelines.
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How Small Gardens Can Change the World with Native Plants
The Beginner's Garden podcast | September 7, 2021
MD/DC Conservation Ecologist Deborah Landau joins The Beginner's Garden podcast to talk about the positive impacts that native plants can have in our gardens and landscaping.
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Conservation opportunity: A new focus on leased farmland
Bay Journal | September 7, 2021
Maryland/DC Agriculture Program Director Amy Jacobs is quoted in this article highlighting efforts by a coalition of organizations including TNC to encourage non-operating landowners to embrace and support best management practices on their client farms—with the goal of improving water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Ecological Impact of Your Garden: Conversation with Dr. Deborah Landau
MD/DC Conservation Ecologist Deborah Landau joins the In the Grow podcast to talk about the big impacts what you grow and what you leave in your garden can have on your immediate environment.
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The Scientist Using Fire to Save Orchids From Extinction
MD/DC Conservation Ecologist Deborah Landau will tell you herself she can't grow orchids at home--but her passion for these plants has driven decades of work to protect and restore rare and imperiled species. Discover the outcome of years of planning, 45 minutes of fire and 9 months of anxious waiting.
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How and why we should all start eating cicadas
The Independent | June 20, 2021
Maryland/DC Conservation Ecologist and entomologist Deborah Landau is quoted in this article about the edible opportunities created by the Brood X cicada emergence.
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Program buys oysters from local growers in Chesapeake Bay restoration effort
Highlighting a partnership between TNC's Chesapeake Bay Program and Oyster Recovery Partnership to enhance water quality, restore habitat and support local oyster growers.
Connect with The Nature Conservancy Worldwide
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. We are impacting conservation in more than 70 countries and territories — protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia.