# Natural Resources (GNR)

## Title 3. Environmental Programs

### Subtitle 2A. Land Trust Grant Fund

#### Section 3-2A-05

(a) Subject to conditions necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of this subtitle, the Trust, on application by a land trust, may provide a grant to the applicant from the Grant Fund.

(b) The Trust may make a grant to an applicant only if:

  (1) The applicant meets the qualifications required by this subtitle;

  (2) The grant is to be used only for the acquisition of interests or rights in real property for recreational or preservation purposes;

  (3) The Department approves the project as being in conformity with the Department's criteria governing land acquired under a State grant from Program Open Space;

  (4) The trustees of the Trust approve the grant; and

  (5) The Board of Public Works approves the grant.

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