Our Mission

The Crownsville Conservancy, Inc. seeks to preserve the trees, plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the character of this environment by preserving the parcels of land and water they need to survive.  

It is our hope that doing so will preserve the integrity of the surrounding communities of Anne Arundel County and the greater contiguous Chesapeake Bay region by creating natural buffers to development.   

Living in this beautiful environment, we can’t help but have a great appreciation for the outdoors already.  Think of the boating trips you may take with family and friends down the Severn, or picnics on the shoreline, or bird watching from your back porch. In so many ways we revert back to nature for enjoyment.  All these activities are dependent on the amount of green space in your area.  It is important for many key reasons you may not realize.  

A study by the University of Illinois College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Team shows that more trees encourage people come outside.  The increased interaction between neighbors enables stronger, better relationships to be forged, children to be nurtured, and a sense of community to develop. ​

Preserving the Natural Character of Our Communities
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To achieve meaningful, lasting conservation results in a landscape characterized by dynamic housing development projects we use a variety of methods:

• Public education and outreach.  We will actively spread information to local residents, to keep you aware of our conservation efforts and encourage your participation!  Through partnerships with established organizations like the Severn River Association and the Severn Riverkeeper Program we are branching out to more then just conserving land.  Participating with them in grant funded shoreline restoration programs, feet after feet of rip rap has been torn down and replaced by living grasses where native species of crab and oyster can thrive once again! Restoring and preserving habitat is the name of the game.

• Targeting for land for preservation is our biggest priority. Donation, Purchase  and Conservation Easements are all part of the effort. There are many lots that aren't useful for building and are perfect candidates for conservation. We are in the process of contacting all landowners to ask for their help.

• We also attend tax sales to buy land considered undesirable by developers, but which represent prime candidates for our purposes.  Our presence at these events is effective!  Often uninformed buyers contact us after the fact to sell what they perceive as 'useless' (undevelopable) land.