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Conservation Group Warns Growth Will Transform (Maryland's) Eastern Shore
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jun 13, 2007 12:59am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jun 06, 2007 12:00am |
| Description | AP article in the Washington Post.
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"The Eastern Shore will be transformed by unprecedented growth in the next two decades, with more than 70,000 new homes and 150,000 new residents coming to the largely rural region, a conservation group warned Wednesday.
Development over the next 23 years will roughly equal development on the Shore in the past four centuries, according to a report from the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, titled "The State of the Shore on Growth."
"This report really drives home the runaway development that is facing us over the next 25 years, that could irreversibly alter the Eastern Shore landscape that we know and love," said Rob Etgen, the group's executive director. "Managing the growth that is headed our way is the only way to make sure that the Eastern Shore remains a unique and special place.
The report projects that 215,000 acres will be developed between 2007 and 2030. From 1607 to 2007, an estimated 235,000 acres were developed. That means by 2030, 450,000 total acres will be developed -- about one of every five acres on the Shore." |
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