See the findings from the survey put forth by the Maryland Native Plant Coalition.
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Proposed Changes to Baltimore County Weed Ordinance
Proposal to amend the Baltimore County Code to include “low-impact landscaping” in the list of exceptions to the county weed control ordinance. This document was presented to Baltimore County Commission on Environmental Quality by the Green Towson Alliance on September 27, 2023.
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2023 Triennial Review Green Towson Alliance Executive Committee September 8, 2023 INTRODUCTION As described by the Maryland Department of Planning, “each county is required to prepare, adopt, and annually maintain, a 10-year forecasted Water and Sewerage Plan to demonstrate how safe and adequate water and sewerage facilities will be provided to support planned redevelopment and new growth.” Baltimore County’s plan is due this year for its triennial review by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). The plan first will be reviewed by the Baltimore County Planning Board and then referred to the County Council […]
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MISSION: The mission of the Executive Committee of the Green Towson Alliance shall be to coordinate the activities of the GTA so that they will effectively advance the organization’s overall mission, and to effectively represent the GTA to external individuals, organizations, and the general public. DECISION-MAKING: The Executive Committee shall consider issues in a collaborative manner, reaching decisions by consensus whenever possible, with the understanding that consensus does not mean unanimity, but rather the lack of strong opposition to a course of action favored by a large majority of committee members. In general, the Executive […]
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REFERENCE AND GUIDES Why Native Plants by Wild Ones: Native Plants, Native Landscapes Recommended Native Plants for Maryland by the University of Maryland Extension Audubon Society Plant Search Maryland Butterflies photographs and host plants for Maryland butterflies Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas by National Park Service – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ARTICLES How Non-Native Plants Are Contributing to Global Insect Decline, Yale Environment 360, December 2020 What You May Not Know About Those April Flowers, New York Times, March 28, 2021 Recent Articles from Indigenous Landscapes Powerhouse Plants: UD researchers identify key native plants […]
Continue readingGTA White Paper on the Sanitary Sewer System
Read the GTA White Paper, Is Raw Sewage Contaminating Our Streams? Analysis of the Jones Falls Sewershed, August 31, 2017.White Paper on Jones Falls Sewershed final
Continue readingGTA Report on Towson Urban Center Overlay
Read the GTA White Paper on the inclusion of green space and parks zoning regulations for the Towson Urban Center, September, 2015. GTA White Paper Zoning
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