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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced it is awarding $11.2 million in grants from the Whole Watershed Fund for restoration efforts in five key watersheds across the state. The five-year Whole Watershed Fund program is now in its second year and supports 30 projects in Antietam Creek, Baltimore Harbor, Newport Bay, the Severn River, and the Upper Choptank River as well as three agricultural areas and two cross-state collaborative areas.

The Maryland Board of Public Works announced they have approved more than $3.1 million in grants from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The grants will be used for parkland, recreational improvements, and land conservation in five Maryland counties, including Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, and Worcester County locally.