Maryland Conservation Council
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The Maryland Conservation Council (MCC) is a coalition of environmentalist organizations that has been active since the early 1970s. MCC aims to protect the environment in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, with special attention to Maryland. During the Maryland General Assembly legislative session (January through April each year), MCC publishes a weekly legislative update, Conservation Reports. One of MCC's earliest projects involved the protection of Cove Point in Calvert County, Maryland, which resulted in the formation of Cove Point Natural Heritage Trust.
The MCC's Goals are to protect
- Scenic wild rivers and Appalachian hardwood forests in the Allegheny Plateau of Western Maryland;
- Sandy beaches on the barrier islands of the Atlantic Ocean with productive yet fragile bays behind them;
- Cypress swamps along an ancient black water river and vast wetlands providing winter habitat for migrating waterfowl on the Coastal Plain of the Eastern Shore;
- Geologically significant features and species rich forests and rivers in the Piedmont;
- The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries which once produced vast quantities of aquatic resources.[1]
