How is Maryland weighing forest preservation, park capacity, and pollution controls this session?

Maryland's environmental docket this spring stretched across forest-cover incentives, state park funding, wastewater rules, PFAS in sewage sludge, and a phase-out of lead ammunition. Lawmakers heard from a Delegate proposing to pay private landowners to hold forest land under HB 1560, and from the Department of Natural Resources on how a park-reservation pilot changed capacity closures. Committees have been advancing individual bills rather than a single omnibus package.

AI-generated summary compiled from Citizen Portal's coverage of the bill. Officials' positions below are sourced from their own words in indexed meetings and press events.