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Map of M-NCPPC Region. The commission is divided into seven departments, two for Montgomery county: the Department of Parks and the Department of Planning; two for Prince George's County: the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Planning; and three that are cross-county: the Department of Human Resource Management, the Department of Finance, and the Office of the General ...
The mission of the Maryland Park Service is to manage the natural, cultural, historical, and recreational resources to provide for stewardship and the enjoyment by people. The Service manages 66 state parks. Services include camping, biking, boating and fishing, hiking, outdoor programs, and exploring natural resources.
This list of Maryland state parks includes the state parks and state battlefields listed in the Maryland Department of Natural Resources's current acreage report. [1] Generally, the Maryland Park Service, a unit of and under the authority of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is the governing body for these parks, although some ...
Foxhill Park is a 45-acre park in Bowie, Maryland, operated by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. [1] It is adjacent to the Belair Mansion . Woodward Pond
Wheaton Regional Park is a public park and county-designated protected area, located in Wheaton, Maryland.It is operated and managed by Montgomery County Parks (Montgomery Parks), a division of a bi-county agency, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M–NCPPC), which serves both Montgomery and Prince George's counties in the Washington, D.C. suburbs of the state of Maryland ...
Catoctin Mountain Park: Frederick County: 5,810-acre (23.5 km 2) forest park in the Appalachian Mountains. [9] 1954 [6] Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, and Allegany Counties Park paralleling the Potomac River, preserving remains of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. [10] 1938 [6] Chesapeake Bay ...
Matthew Henson State Park is a publicly owned greenway with recreational features that runs along Turkey Branch, a tributary of Rock Creek, in Montgomery County, Maryland. [2] The state park is managed by Montgomery County under an agreement with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. [3] It was named for Maryland native and arctic ...
In 1969, the Department reorganized as the Maryland Department of State Planning. [9] The Department was restructured in 1989 to become the Maryland Office of Planning (Chapter 540, Acts of 1989). Effective July 1, 2000, the Maryland Office of Planning was renamed the Maryland Department of Planning [10] and became a cabinet-level agency. The ...