Members​​​

​​Meetin​gs 

Marylanders are invited to attend.​ Dates and times are subject to changes. All meetings will be held virtually, via Google Meet:

https://meet.google.com/yek-yvaz-zeg
Or dial: +1 724-740-8827 PIN: 571052121

1. a plan to achieve the state’s carbon mitigation goal of planting five million native trees by 2030; 
2. a plan to ensure that trees planted under this Act are properly maintained;
3. recommendations regarding the establishment of a Maryland–based carbon offset market to support the state’s tree-planting goals; and 
4. recommendations on reviewing state policies to reduce and fully mitigate the clearing of trees during the construction of state highways and other transportation projects.

In addition to supporting the Commission, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), with support from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), and the Chesapeake Bay Trust (CBT), is coordinating the tracking and implementation of this tree planting goal.  

Planting in underserved urban communities will be a key focus. The state also is working to optimize plantings to realize multiple co-benefits including carbon sequestration, improved air and water quality, and reducing urban heat island effects. This work supports the state's ambitious climate mitigation goals, where the 2030 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan (GGRA) lays out a pathway for achieving a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 relative to a 2006 baseline. These efforts also build on Maryland state government's leadership in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and the U.S. Climate Alliance, as well as ongoing restoration work through the federal Chesapeake Bay ​Program.​​

Contact: Dr. Rachel Lamb, Maryland Department of the Environment, rachel.lamb@maryland.gov

​Meet​ing Materials:​
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• May 27, 2022​
• May 6, 2022​
• ​April 8, 2022​​
• March 11, 2022
• February 11, 2022
  
• January 5, 2022​​