Project Overview
Rural areas in Maryland continue to see pressure from residents relocating to rural areas from the urban areas of the state. Many of these new residents may not understand the agriculture or agricultural practices that they will be now seeing. As a result of these pressures, many agricultural operators often have questions related to right-to-farm laws, recreational use, trespass, and liability due to livestock concerns. At the same time, many of these new rural landowners often have questions related to legal concerns from the operations neighboring them related to right-to-farm laws.
This project sought to educate these new rural landowners and existing agricultural operators and provide resources aimed at new landowners. Specifically, we use existing resources related to recreational use, Right-to-Farm laws, fence law, estate planning, landowner liability, agricultural leasing, hunting leases, legal issues associated with wildlife, livestock, and property insurance onto online learning modules aimed at new rural landowners. Additionally, we held three live, half-day programs around the state designed to help educate landowners who may not learn well in the online format about the most critical issues. We also held a series of webinars focused on these issues.
Number of Participants: 284
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
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EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
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REPORTS & EVALUATIONS
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