{"id":6008,"date":"2021-05-12T11:21:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T15:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/?p=6008"},"modified":"2021-05-12T11:21:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T15:21:52","slug":"conservation-success-bush-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/conservation-success-bush-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation success on the Bush River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-image uagb-block-7a27eb43\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-29ecfd61\" id=\"uagb-adv-heading-58b4581f-247b-4a39-b3a7-31e925880578\"><h1 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">News<\/h1><p class=\"uagb-desc-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-undefined uagb-block-375ba1b8\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right hlt-photocredit-cover has-light-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Photo by Frank Marsden<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-section uagb-section__wrap uagb-section__background-undefined uagb-block-884a40ac\"><div class=\"uagb-section__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-section__inner-wrap\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Conservation success on the Bush River<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nMay 12, 2021\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After nearly a decade of work, HLT succeeded in eliminating 13 historic building lots, covering over 120 acres,\u00a0on the east bank of the Bush River near Sod Run. The lots, now owned by Constellation Power Source Generation,\u00a0were legally created prior to the current zoning code, regulations, and Chesapeake Bay Critical Area regulations and therefore could have been developed, subject to development constraints.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>HLT worked with Constellation to explore numerous conservation options, ultimately agreeing on a &#8220;lot consolidation&#8221;, thereby eliminating the ability to develop this sensitive waterfront area. The property was re-deeded and re-platted to consolidate the 13 parcels into one large parcel in March 2021.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/bge-bush-river-map-conservation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/bge-bush-river-map-conservation.jpg 465w, https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/bge-bush-river-map-conservation-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The area is part of the last remaining &#8220;flatwoods&#8221; in Harford County. Important environmental features include vernal pools, which are seasonally\u00a0flooded non-tidal wetlands, large specimen\u00a0trees, and rich habitat for rare species. The property is also identified as a green infrastructure hub and is a state Targeted Ecological Area.<br>While there is no public access to the property, the now protected scenic view from the water is a notable benefit of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>This success is yet another example of the perseverance required to preserve land in Harford County. HLT thanks Constellation\/BGE for their partnership to find this innovative method of protecting this ecologically rich and rare waterfront.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly a decade of work, HLT succeeded in eliminating 13 historic building lots, covering over 120 acres, on the east bank of the Bush River near Sod Run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[54,39],"class_list":["post-6008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hlt-updates","category-success-stories","tag-conservation","tag-harford-land-trust"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/bge-bush-river-map-conservation.jpg",465,466,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/bge-bush-river-map-conservation-400x400.jpg",400,400,true],"medium":["https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/bge-bush-river-map-conservation.jpg",465,466,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/bge-bush-river-map-conservation.jpg",465,466,false],"large":["https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/bge-bush-river-map-conservation.jpg",465,466,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/bge-bush-river-map-conservation.jpg",465,466,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/bge-bush-river-map-conservation.jpg",465,466,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Harford Land Trust","author_link":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/author\/hlt\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"After nearly a decade of work, HLT succeeded in eliminating 13 historic building lots, covering over 120 acres, on the east bank of the Bush River near Sod Run.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6008"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6010,"href":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6008\/revisions\/6010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praxis.shawnyoung.com\/web\/hlt\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}