Lower Shore Trust searches for land stewards

Applications available for position aimed at wildlife lovers wanting to pitch in

By Cindy Hoffman Staff Writer

(Feb. 3, 2023) The Lower Shore Land Trust (LSLT) is looking for nature and wildlife lovers who want to become land stewards. And you don’t have to have any land to do it.

“The LSLT has 135 conservation easements across the Eastern Shore, covering more than 23,000 acres of land,” Kate Patton, executive director of the Lower Shore Land Trust, said.

A conservation easement is a written agreement between a landowner and conservation agency, or land trust, which ensures that a property will not be developed beyond an agreed upon limit, or perhaps not at all.

The land remains in private ownership while the trust assures that the terms of the agreement are forever. Conservation easements can be tailored to the needs and desires of a property