Baltimore Green Space Receives Environmental Offset from the Ecological Society of America
By Baltimore Green Space
August 8, 2025
The Ecological Society of America’s 2025 annual meeting will bring ecology enthusiasts from across the world to downtown Baltimore. This year, they are partnering with Baltimore Green Space (BGS), Baltimore’s only environmental land trust that promotes vibrant neighborhoods and a healthy environment through land preservation, research, and community advocacy. BGS will receive $5 for each meeting registrant as an environmental offset donation, amounting to over $11,000 this year. Those funds will go towards providing green space access to the thousands of community gardeners and forest leaders who come together every year to care for the land, learn about bird banding, tree identification, safe vine removal practices, stormwater management, and more! All BGS programming is free.
Baltimore City has over 800 community-managed green spaces and 2,000 forest patches that are vulnerable to development. Currently, Baltimore Green Space protects 21 of those spaces: 7 food gardens, 8 pocket parks, 2 farms, 2 forests, 1 horseshoe pit and an urban wildlife refuge at Masonville Cove. We also work with 10-15 forest patches as part of the Forest Stewardship Network each season. As a land trust with over 62 acres of green space and a small but mighty crew, your support goes a long way. Every dollar raised will support BGS in increasing land security for neighbors caring for green spaces while advocating for protected green spaces and being an innovator in urban forest care and environmental research.
To learn more about BGS, go to their website at baltimoregreenspace.org, and follow them on Instagram and Facebook.
