Dorchester Soil Conservation District 510 Court Lane Cambridge, MD 21613 Telephone: 410-228-3733  Fax: 410-228-0078 E-Mail:Jim.Newcomb@md.nacdnet.net

Welcome To Dorchester County!

RECIPIENTS OF SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT SERVICES:

The Dorchester SCD assists landowners, land users, communities, and units of governments to plan and apply those conservation measures necessary to protect, improve, develop, maintain or preserve the soil, water and related natural resources of the district. The Dorchester SCD provides this assistance in accordance with the priorities and policies established by the SCD in the Districts Strategic Plan.

LOCATION:

Dorchester County is located in the south central portion of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Water nearly surrounds the county, with only 20 land miles in its 333 miles of boundaries. The Chesapeake Bay,Choptank, and Nanticoke Rivers are major waterways. Dorchester is the largest county on the Eastern Shore with 350,937 acres, plus 71,163 acres of open water. Seventy-three percent or 263,928 acres is devoted to agricultural and forestry activities. Roughly thirty-four percent or 122,928 acres are agricultural, while thirty-nine percent or 141,000 acres are forested. Much of the southern portion of the county is freshwater marsh or tidal saltwater marshlands. There is, however, much good farmland in that area with a loam or clay loam soil type and many acres of productive woodland. The area north of Route 50 is more suitable for vegetable production due to the sandier soil and good drainage.

To view the Dorchester Soil Conservation District Strategic Plan in PDF format, click on the image to the left. In the plan, the document lists the Goals and Strategies of the District that relate to soil, water, natural resources, agriculture and other issues within the District.

All district services and programs are offered on a non-discriminatory basis, without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or handicap.

last update: 14 March 2005