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    Rural Legacy Properties

    Metadata Updated: November 29, 2025

    In 1997, the Maryland General Assembly approved the Rural Legacy Program as a major component of Governor Glendening's Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation Initiative. The purpose of the Rural Legacy Program is to protect Maryland's best remaining rural landscapes and natural areas through the purchase of land or conservation easements. Funds are awarded by grants to sponsors to purchase fee simple interests or easements on property within a Rural Legacy Area. This file consists of properties that have been protected using Rural Legacy funds.The Department of Natural Resources makes no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the use or appropriateness of Spatial Data, and there are no warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or use. The information contained in Spatial Data is from publicly available sources, but no representation is made as to the accuracy or completeness of Spatial Data. The Department of Natural Resources shall not be subject to liability for human error, error due to software conversion, defect, or failure of machines, or any material used in the connection with the machines, including tapes, disks, CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs and energy. The Department of Natural Resources shall not be liable for any lost profits, consequential damages, or claims against the Department of Natural Resources by third parties. The liability of the Department of Natural Resources for damage regardless of the form of the action shall not exceed any distribution fees that may have been paid in obtaining Spatial Data. This service, or any portion thereof, can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Products must include source citation.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 29, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from md json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 29, 2025
    Publisher opendata.maryland.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://opendata.maryland.gov/api/views/svn2-zf9s
    Data First Published 2025-07-21
    Data Last Modified 2025-11-28
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://opendata.maryland.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id df372309-437e-4517-a1b3-cca0ee49c7ad
    Harvest Source Id ee165ef5-7b35-41a7-b3a5-5479c71b0e58
    Harvest Source Title md json
    Homepage URL https://opendata.maryland.gov/d/svn2-zf9s
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 19019fa4537002d6bd6961989c9515abe68f37acfdb794e7659636faa5e65e11
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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