Chesapeake Bay Critical Area is the 1,000-foot wide ribbon of
land around the Bay and its tidal tributaries that is designated
by the state for special protection to minimize adverse effects
on water quality and natural habitats.
Who should use this book?
The Green Book for the Bay is aimed
at those who own, live and work on residential properties in
the Critical Area in the mid-Shore counties of Caroline, Kent,
Queen Anne’s and Talbot. However,
the landscaping practices described in this book are applicable
for all who are interested in protecting water quality and wildlife
in the Chesapeake Bay watershed with Bay-friendly landscape management.
What does The Green Book for the Bay include?
Introduction to the Chesapeake
Bay Critical Area
Rules, Regulations, and Guidance
13 Frequently Asked
Questions
Top 10 Practices for Critical
Area Properties
Important Terms
Resources
HOW TO GET YOUR COPY:
Copies are available
from Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne’s
and Talbot counties’ planning offices. Contact information
for the county planning offices is here.
To receive a copy by mail, send your name, email address, mailing
address, and $5 for shipping and handling to: The Green Book
for the Bay, Adkins Arboretum, P.O. Box 100, Ridgely, MD 21660.
For further information, contact Adkins Arboretum at
(410) 634-2847, ext 0, or by email at
info@adkinsarboretum.org
We gratefully acknowledge the grantors for The Green Book for
the Bay:
"FIRST STOP FOR THE BAY" is sponsored by the Shore Land Stewardship Council, an initiative of Adkins Arboretum, providing professionals and private property owners accurate and consistent information, technical support, and proper referrals on best landscaping management practices in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, with a special focus on the middle Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Below you will see the changes to The Green Book
for the Bay since publication in
December 2008. Online files reflect these changes. Update
your print copy of The Green Book for the Bay with
the following revisions:
Page 63 - Revise definition
Native plants -- Plants that have evolved in a region since
the last Ice Age without direct or indirect human actions.
These species are adapted to local soils, climate, and hydrologic
conditions.
Page 64 -- Revise name and address (phone and web site the same)
Talbot County Office of Planning and Zoning
215 Bay St., Ste. 2
Easton, MD 21601
Page 66-- Revise description
Adkins Arboretum
-- 400-acre native garden and preserve; adult and children's
programs; native plant sales, gift shop, art exhibits.
Page 67-- Revise description
Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage -- Assists private and public
landowners in design, building and management of wildlife habitat
projects
Page 67-- Revise description
Environmental Concern -- Living shoreline design and installation,
wholesale nursery catalog, native wetland plants
Page 68-- Watershed association, formerly
Choptank River Eastern Bay Conservancy (CREB), name changed
to Mid-Shore Riverkeeper Conservancy
23 N. Harrison St.
Easton, MD 21601
(443) 385-0511 info@midshoreriverkeeper.org www.midshoreriverkeeper.org
