# Environment (GEN)

## Title 1. Definitions; General Provisions; Enforcement

### Subtitle 10. Ecological Restoration

#### Section 1-1001

In this subtitle, "ecological restoration" means an activity undertaken with the goal of recovering, re-establishing, or enhancing a degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystem through:

(1) Improvements to physical, chemical, or biological characteristics or processes;

(2) Returning natural or historical functions or services; or

(3) Protecting or improving resiliency.

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Md. Code Ann., Envir. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)