The Nature Conservancy
Maryland / DC
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 general questions about the Maryland/DC chapter.
Email: contactMDDC@tnc.org
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Preserves and Protection
For questions about Maryland/DC's land protection activities and public preserves and visitation.
Andy Freeman
Email: andrew.freeman@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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Interim Executive Director
Mark Bryer
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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Elizabeth Lewis
Chair
Managing Director and Deputy Head of ESG, Blackstone
Washington, DC
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Roger Ballentine
Nominating and Governance Committee Co-chair
President, Green Strategies Inc.
Bethesda, MD
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Amy Boebel
Campaign Steering Committee Chair
Sculptor
Baltimore, MD
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Pier LaFarge
Nominating and Governance Committee Co-chair
Co-founder and CEO, Sparkfund
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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Walter Boynton, Ph.D., Trustee Emeritus
Estuarine Ecologist
Prince Frederick, MD
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Mark Collins, Trustee Emeritus
Partner, Brown & Advisory Trust
Baltimore, MD
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Leigh-Golding DeSantis
Executive Director, Sustainability Products and Solutions, Johnson Controls
Mount Rainier, 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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Steve Hills
Founding Director, Georgetown University Law Center Business Law Scholars Program
Chevy Chase, MD
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Annie Huber
Community Volunteer
Reisterstown, MD
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Terry Hyman
Managing Partner, Northwood Healthcare Partners
Washington, DC
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Karl Khoury
Co-Founder, Arborview Capital
Washington, DC
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Esko Korhonen
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Federal Capital Partners
Bethesda, MD
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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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Crystal Romeo Upperman, Ph.D., MPA
Senior Manager, Government and Public Service, Deloitte
Washington, DC
Newsroom
Latest News
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In this video, Deborah Landau, MDDC's director of ecological management, joins Scripps News to talk about the role trees play in storing carbon and why it's important to plant the right trees in the right place.
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Chesapeake Bay Program | April 12, 2023
MD/DC Director of Ecological Management Deborah Landau is quoted about the chapter's use of fire as an ecological tool, highlighting a recent controlled burn at Nassawango Creek Preserve.
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Good Together | March 22, 2023
MD/DC Director of Ecological Management Deborah Landau talks to Brightly's Good Together podcast about returning fire to the landscape and shares five things to know about fire and controlled burns.
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MD/DC Director of Ecological Management Deborah Landau is quoted in this article about the impacts of an early spring, addressing how an unpredictable seasonal cycle can adversely affect plants, insects and pollinators.
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The Guardian | February 24, 2023
MD/DC Director of Ecological Management Deborah Landau is quoted in this article addressing the impacts that a climate-change-driven early spring may have on our food systems.
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MD/DC Director of Ecological Management Deborah Landau is quoted in this article looking at the environmental impacts and disruptions of unseasonably warm weather.
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Baltimore Fish Bowl | February 14, 2023
The Healthy Trees Healthy Cities program has already put down roots in Baltimore's Turner Station, planting 140 trees in the neighborhood in November. New grant funding for monitoring the health of those trees will help ensure they mature and benefit the neighborhood—improving air quality and cooling down areas in hot summer months. TNC Baltimore Program Director Isaac Hametz is quoted in this article.
Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities is a partnership between the US Forest Service and TNC that seeks to protect the health of our nation’s trees, forests and communities by engaging people in long-term tree monitoring and stewardship.
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Press Release | February 8, 2023
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced today that Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities—a civic ecology program for monitoring urban forest health—will be launched in Baltimore thanks to funding secured through the 2023 federal budget.
Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities is a partnership between the US Forest Service and TNC that seeks to protect the health of our nation’s trees, forests and communities by engaging people in long-term tree monitoring and stewardship.
The $700,000 in funding was secured by Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, who is a member of the Senate Appropriations committee and sits on the Interior and Environment subcommittee. The senator identified a need for federal investments in forests in the Chesapeake region that could benefit people and nature in the watershed. TNC was consulted by the senator’s office for input on priority projects and encouraged to apply for federal funding through the US Forest Service’s State and Private Forestry program.
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Fire Ecology | January 9, 2023
The federally endangered Canby’s dropwort (Oxypolis canbyi) is found at only one site in Maryland. In a new article published in the journal Fire Ecology, MD/DC Director of Ecological Management Deborah Landau and Fire Manager Gabe Cahalan document the positive effects of reintroducing fire to the dropwort's habitat and the population increase following controlled burning.
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