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    Rural Legacy Areas

    Metadata Updated: October 11, 2025

    In 1997, the Maryland General Assembly approved the Rural Legacy Program. The purpose of the Rural Legacy Program is to protect Maryland's best remaining rural landscapes and natural areas through the purchase of land or conservation easements. In a grass root approach, local government and land trusts (sponsors) apply to have places that are significant to the community and the state designated as Rural Legacy Areas. The Rural Legacy Areas file is a digital, polygon layer showing Maryland's designated Rural Legacy areas. The file was compiled by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources using data supplied by Rural Legacy Area sponsors. Once a Rural Legacy area is designated, Rural Legacy sponsors can then apply for Rural Legacy grants for land or conservation easements within the Rural Legacy boundaries.

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    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 11, 2025

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    Harvested from md json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 26, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 11, 2025
    Publisher opendata.maryland.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://opendata.maryland.gov/api/views/swa5-rrcp
    Data First Published 2025-07-21
    Data Last Modified 2025-10-06
    Public Access Level public
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://opendata.maryland.gov/data.json
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    Homepage URL https://opendata.maryland.gov/d/swa5-rrcp
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3e1d0b99e92ec2f3bcb18a431c4501afb861cacf1f52ddb5a9b8323e079ff325
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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