The state has added 82 acres to the Piney Run Rural Legacy Area in northern Baltimore County with the preservation of a farm near Falls and Gunpowder roads. The property, for which the state paid $507,000, becomes part of the 13,000 conserved acres adjoining Gunpowder Falls State Park and will add to the buffer for Prettyboy Reservoir, part of the drinking water supply for the Baltimore area.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources also announced plans to spend nearly $1.4 million for a conservation easement on 253 acres of the Bee Tree Preserve property, which is immediately adjacent to the Torrey Brown North Central Rail Trail in Baltimore County. The purchase will preserve the valley along Bee Tree Run, which drains into Little Falls.