# Natural Resources (GNR)

## Title 5. Forests and Parks

### Subtitle 3. Woodland Incentives and Mel Noland Fellowship Programs

#### Section 5-304

(a) An applicant for cost-share assistance shall:

  (1) Submit a woodland management plan to the Department;

  (2) File an application with the Department stating:

    (i) The practice to be implemented;

    (ii) The approximate cost of the practice to be implemented; and

    (iii) A description of the land or lands upon which the practice is to be implemented;

  (3) File a statement of intent stating that the owner:

    (i) Intends to use the cost-share assistance for long-range timber growing and improvement; and

    (ii) If there is joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or group ownership, has no knowledge of another application that is pending for cost-share assistance to be used on the land described in the application; and

  (4) Submit other information required by the Department.

(b) An owner may not receive a total of State and federal cost share assistance in an amount that exceeds 100% of the actual cost of the approved practice.

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