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Bill would allow foraging and create fee-based foraging permits on DNR land; sponsors say permits fund education and food forests
Summary
Delegate Lori Charcuti’s bill would authorize the Department of Natural Resources to designate cultivated food forests and other sites for regulated foraging on state lands and to issue foraging permits; DNR and community groups said permits would be designed to be low-cost and could include waivers for low-income residents.
House Bill 257 would let the Maryland Department of Natural Resources designate cultivated food forests on state lands and authorize regulated foraging in specified areas with a foraging-permit system. Sponsor Delegate Lori Charcuti said the proposal aims to expand community access to edible plants and to encourage planting of food forests in public spaces.
DNR legislative director Dylan Baylor told the committee the department supports a…
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