Maryland Code § NR-5-1202.2

Section NR-5-1202.2
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(a) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(1) "Grantee in interest" means the Maryland Environmental Trust.
(2) "Spoil", "Baltimore County tributary spoil", "redeposit", and
"Baltimore Harbor" have the meanings indicated in § 5-1101(a) of the Environment
Article.
(b) Within 15 days after July 1, 1981, the State shall grant an easement to
the Hart-Miller-Pleasure Island chain to the grantee in interest. The easement shall
be for purposes consistent with the covenants required by this subsection and
enforcement of these purposes.
(1) The grantee in interest shall covenant to allow the redeposit of
spoil and the redeposit of Baltimore County tributary spoil to take place at the Hart-
Miller-Pleasure Island chain, subject to the limitations provided in §§ 5-1101
through 5-1104 of the Environment Article;
(2) Where not inconsistent with the covenant described in paragraph
(1) of this subsection, the grantee in interest shall covenant to preserve and maintain
the Hart-Miller-Pleasure Island chain as an open area by prohibiting development
except that which is necessary for proper recreational use and the construction of any
dikes necessary for the dumping of spoil;
(3) The grantee in interest shall covenant that if the Hart-Miller-
Pleasure Island chain is ever used for purposes inconsistent with the preservation
and maintenance of the island chain as an open area, or with any of the covenants
described in this subsection, the easement shall cease;
(4) The grantee in interest shall covenant to allow the State to
establish and maintain park and recreational facilities on the Hart-Miller-Pleasure
Island chain and to assist the State in making these facilities available to the public
for recreational and educational purposes;
(5) The grantee in interest shall covenant to allow the Hart-Miller-
Pleasure Island Citizens Oversight Committee established under § 5-1104 of the
Environment Article to:
(i) Monitor the redeposit of spoil and Baltimore County
tributary spoil at the Hart-Miller-Pleasure Island chain in accordance with § 5-
1104(c) of the Environment Article; and
(ii) Hear and dispose of complaints lodged by individuals
affected by the redeposit of spoil and Baltimore County tributary spoil.

(6) The grantee in interest shall covenant that if, during the life of
its easement to the Hart-Miller-Pleasure Island chain, the grantee in interest ceases
to exist, the easement shall cease.
§5-1203. ** CONTINGENCY - IN EFFECT - CHAPTER 572 OF 2025 **
(a) (1) In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by
expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all
areas within the State, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection
in their natural condition, it is the policy of the General Assembly to secure for the
people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of State
wildlands.
(2) For this purpose there is established a State wildlands
preservation system composed of areas in the State designated by the General
Assembly as "wildland areas".
(3) The wildland areas shall be administered for the use and
enjoyment of the people of Maryland in a manner that will leave them unimpaired
for the future use and enjoyment as wildlands, to provide for their protection,
preservation of their wildland character, and for gathering and dissemination of
information regarding their use and enjoyment as wildlands.
(4) A State land may not be designated as a wildland area except as
provided for in this section or by a subsequent act.
(b) Pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section that property
in Garrett County containing approximately 2,879 acres and described as follows is a
Type 1 State wildland and shall be named the "Big Savage Mountain Wildland":
Beginning at a point, said point being the intersection of the south side of High
Rock Tower Road and a point located 200 feet west of the Big Savage Mountain
Hiking Trail and running then in a generally southwest direction, 200 feet west of
the Big Savage Mountain Hiking Trail to a point located at the waters of the Savage
River Reservoir, then running generally in a northerly direction with the waters of
the Savage River Reservoir, the Savage River and the existing Savage River State
Forest boundary to a point of intersection of the Savage River and the southern
margin of the right of way of Savage River Road and running then with the southern
and eastern right of way of the Savage River Road to the Savage River State Forest
boundary, then running along said boundary in an easterly direction to corner 533,
then leaving the said Savage River State Forest boundary and running due east to a
point on the eastern right of way of Westernport Road, then running along said right
of way in an easterly and southern direction to a point of intersection with the Savage

River State Forest boundary, then running with the said State forest boundary south
71 degrees 26 minutes east to corner 549, then running south 43 degrees 51 minutes
west 142.34 feet more or less to corner 548, south 58 degrees 36 minutes west 369.37
feet more or less to corner 547, south 50 degrees 31 minutes west 891.50 feet more or
less to corner 546, south 75 degrees 49 minutes west 561.89 feet more or less to corner
545, north 89 degrees 04 minutes west 802.50 feet more or less to corner 544, south
51 degrees 58 minutes west 689.27 feet more or less to corner 543, south 50 degrees
28 minutes east 263.62 feet more or less to corner 542, south 33 degrees 54 minutes
west 2254.17 feet more or less to corner 541, south 55 degrees 15 minutes east
2120.20 feet more or less to corner 762, south 44 degrees 05 minutes west 2152.35
feet more or less to corner 543, south 34 degrees 04 minutes east 109.55 feet more or
less to corner 760, north 65 degrees 00 minutes west 2346.20 feet more or less, south
33 degrees 06 minutes 36 seconds west 1155.00 feet more or less, south 33 degrees 06
minutes 36 seconds west 1155.00 feet more or less, south 67 degrees 45 minutes 07
seconds west 2310.00 feet more or less, south 35 degrees 45 minutes 15 seconds west
1814.05 feet more or less, south 64 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds west 170.61 feet
more or less, south 69 degrees 11 minutes 55 seconds west 309.12 feet more or less,
south 52 degrees 13 minutes 20 seconds west 1485.37 feet more or less, south 28
degrees 22 minutes 40 seconds west 485.81 feet more or less, north 55 degrees 08
minutes 05 seconds west 1647.37 feet more or less, south 42 degrees 36 minutes 43
seconds west 1980.00 feet more or less, south 54 degrees 47 minutes 33 seconds west
1764.85 feet more or less, south 39 degrees 09 minutes 09 seconds west 881.58 feet
more or less, south 43 degrees 00 minutes 42 seconds west 1874.10 feet more or less,
north 31 degrees 05 minutes 39 seconds west 426.38 feet more or less, north 77
degrees 38 minutes 27 seconds east 127.57 feet more or less, north 02 degrees 35
minutes 21 seconds west 304.92 feet more or less, south 85 degrees 01 minutes 09
seconds west 99.69 feet more or less, north 12 degrees 50 minutes 27 seconds west
228.86 feet more or less, north 08 degrees 52 minutes 27 seconds west 294.03 feet
more or less, north 14 degrees 47 minutes 17 seconds west 220.31 feet more or less,
north 18 degrees 31 minutes 27 seconds west 581.85 feet more or less, north 22
degrees 23 minutes 34 seconds west 64.59 feet more or less, north 44 degrees 19
minutes 16 seconds west 47.15 feet more or less, north 56 degrees 11 minutes 54
seconds west 56.85 feet more or less, north 83 degrees 40 minutes 13 seconds west
59.71 feet more or less, south 82 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds west 173.13 feet more
or less, south 70 degrees 52 minutes 36 seconds west 230.44 feet more or less, south
68 degrees 49 minutes 26 seconds west 215.02 feet more or less, south 50 degrees 08
minutes 57 seconds west 57.56 feet more or less, south 10 degrees 11 minutes 09
seconds west 375.33 feet more or less, south 17 degrees 13 minutes 09 seconds west
159.93 feet more or less, south 59 degrees 02 minutes 20 seconds west 243.02 feet
more or less, south 78 degrees 48 minutes 32 seconds west 362.31 feet more or less,
south 53 degrees 24 minutes 39 seconds west 22.32 feet more or less, south 16 degrees
40 minutes 14 seconds west 203.65 feet more or less, south 22 degrees 10 minutes 00
seconds west 181.30 feet more or less, south 14 degrees 34 minutes 13 seconds west
109.41 feet more or less, south 10 degrees 30 minutes 48 seconds west 16.69 feet more

or less, south 58 degrees 58 minutes 03 seconds west 1002.96 feet more or less, south
31 degrees 37 minutes 33 seconds west 554.57 feet more or less, south 31 degrees 37
minutes 33 seconds west 109.02 feet more or less, south 02 degrees 20 minutes 57
seconds west 168.04 feet more or less, south 27 degrees 19 minutes 33 seconds west
151.56 feet more or less, south 04 degrees 55 minutes 20 seconds west 80.66 feet more
or less, south 60 degrees 24 minutes 56 seconds east 372.83 feet more or less, south
54 degrees 58 minutes 14 seconds west 360.83 feet more or less, south 59 degrees 53
minutes 31 seconds west 53.19 feet more or less, south 30 degrees 55 minutes 55
seconds west 500.38 feet more or less to a point, said point having the coordinate
value 690973.93 north, 716355.17 east (Maryland State plane grid system NAD83),
then running with the said State forest boundary south 42 degrees 50 minutes 49
seconds west 307.64 feet, south 43 degrees 44 minutes 44 seconds west 301.50 feet,
north 43 degrees 14 minutes 23 seconds west 35.01 feet, south 46 degrees 32 minutes
42 seconds west 782.09 feet, south 68 degrees 44 minutes 44 seconds west 308.42 feet,
south 57 degrees 47 minutes 05 seconds west 445.08 feet, south 57 degrees 47 minutes
05 seconds west 445.08 feet, north 89 degrees 12 minutes 55 seconds west 826.58 feet,
south 79 degrees 47 minutes 05 seconds west 635.83 feet, south 17 degrees 40 minutes
41 seconds west 2937.00 feet, south 45 degrees 57 minutes 03 seconds east 1023.00
feet, north 89 degrees 02 minutes 57 seconds east 693.00 feet, north 47 degrees 02
minutes 57 seconds east 1386.00 feet, north 47 degrees 46 minutes 34 seconds east
800.00 feet, north 47 degrees 46 minutes 34 seconds west 1291.64 feet, north 49
degrees 13 minutes 30 seconds east 4692.22 feet to a planted stone marked "BP 129",
said stone being corner 582, said point having the coordinate value 691489.38 north,
719880.96 east (Maryland State plane grid system NAD83), and then running south
62 degrees 00 minutes east 1600.00 feet more or less, then running north 40 degrees
00 minutes east 200 feet more or less to a point lying 50 feet west of the High Rock
Lookout Tower site, then circling the tower counterclockwise to the south no closer
than 50 feet to the tower to a point east of the tower site and south of the existing
High Rock Tower Road, and then running with the south side of the High Rock Tower
Road to the point of beginning.
Saving and excepting the Potomac Edison transmission line that lies 1,500 feet
more or less north of Warnick Point and runs in a southeasterly direction to intersect
the Savage River State Forest boundary.
(b-1) Pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, that property
in Garrett County containing approximately 650 acres and described as follows is a
Type 1 State wildland and shall be named the "High Rock Wildland":
Beginning at a stone marked "BP 129" and witnessed by a pipe stamped 582,
said stone also being a corner of the Savage River State Forest boundary on the
western slope of Big Savage Mountain and then running north 38 degrees 18 minutes
east 3703.31 feet to a stone marked "BP 128" and witnessed by a pipe stamped 581
and then running north 54 degrees 23 minutes east 5500.00 feet more or less to a

point on the southeast side of Pine Swamp Road, then running in a northeasterly
direction along the southeast side of said road to the south side of its intersection with
Westernport Road, then running with the southwest side of Westernport Road in a
southeasterly direction 5400.00 feet more or less to a point on the 2700 foot contour
line, then running generally with said contour line south 49 degrees west 3500.00
feet more or less to a point northeast of the High Rock Tower Road, then running in
a westerly direction 200 feet north and parallel to said road 2100.00 feet to a point
lying northwest of the High Rock Tower site, then running south 40 degrees west
200.00 feet more or less, then running north 62 degrees west 1600 feet more or less
to the beginning.
(c) (1) Pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section that
property in Worcester County containing approximately 2,090 acres and described as
follows is a Type 2 wildland and shall be named the "Cypress Swamp Wildland":
Parcel 1:
Beginning with the main part at a point on the north side of the Hickory Point
Road, said point lying approximately 5,200 feet west of the Cederhall Road; and
proceeding clockwise, then with the north side of the Hickory Point Road westerly,
then northerly in a long curve approximately 9,600 feet, then leaving the road and
with the Pocomoke State Forest boundary northerly about 1,200 feet to the south
margin of the Pocomoke River (Point A), then with the south shore generally easterly
approximately 7,500 feet upstream, then with the Pocomoke State Forest boundary
and adjoining private land southeasterly approximately 4,700 feet and then
southwesterly 7,750 feet to the beginning point.
Parcel 2:
A second and separate part of this wildland begins at a point on the south
margin of the Pocomoke River, the point being approximately 3,300 feet generally
westerly downstream from Point A, then with the Pocomoke State Forest boundary
and adjacent private land in a clockwise direction generally southerly approximately
800 feet, thence westerly 1,150 feet, then northwesterly approximately 1,900 feet to
the south shore of the Pocomoke River, then with the south shore northerly, then
easterly and then southerly approximately 4,800 feet to the beginning point.
Parcel 3:
All that lot, tract, or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Costen
Election District of Worcester County, located on the Pocomoke River and being more
particularly described in that certain patent of "Lankfords Discovery", dated May 5,
1905, among the records of the Hall of Records of the State of Maryland which by
deed dated August 25, 1986 and recorded in the land records of Worcester County in

Liber 1210, Folio 489 was conveyed by the Nature Conservancy to the State of
Maryland, for the use of the Department of Natural Resources, and described as
follows:
Beginning at a marked cypress standing on the east bank of the Pocomoke
River about a half mile above the town of Rehoboth, and running thence, north 41
degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds east, 280.50 feet, then running north 53 degrees 00
minutes 00 seconds east, 140.25 feet to the edge of a small gut, then running south
21 degrees 39 minutes 00 seconds east, 4,174.50 feet to a point on the head of a small
gut, then running south 29 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east, 3,349.50 feet to an
old water hole, then running south 61 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west, 462.00
feet, to a point on the northwest side of Parting Creek, then running south 79 degrees
15 minutes 00 seconds west, 49.50 feet, then running south 47 degrees 00 minutes 00
seconds west, 231.00 feet, then running south 51 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds west,
420.75 feet to a point on the east side of the Pocomoke River, then running along the
east bank of the Pocomoke River in a northerly direction 8,400.00 feet more or less to
the point of beginning.
Parcel 4:
All that part of a lot, tract, or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the
Costen Election District of Worcester County, and conveyed by the Nature
Conservancy to the State of Maryland to the Department of Natural Resources on
July 20, 1978, and in Liber 1633, Folio 93, of the land records of Worcester County,
and described as follows:
Beginning at a hickory tree, said tree being the point of beginning of a survey
by Harold W. Hampshire, dated May 15, 1978, running thence with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
4th, and 5th lines of said survey, the following viz: north 82 degrees 04 minutes 10
seconds west 1,592.44 feet, to the edge of the marsh, then running north 33 degrees
55 minutes 26 seconds west 2,338.27 feet, to a cedar post, then north 09 degrees 50
minutes 06 seconds west 339.27 feet, to a cedar post, then south 74 degrees 23
minutes 34 seconds east 2,414.55 feet, to a concrete post, then south 77 degrees 37
minutes 08 seconds east 1,254.53 feet, to a concrete post, then running in a southerly
direction 1,684.05 feet, to the point of beginning.
Parcel 5:
All that part of a lot, tract, or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the First
Election District of Worcester County, and conveyed by the Chesapeake Corporation
Foundation to the State of Maryland to the Department of Natural Resources on
March 18, 1998, and in Liber 2498, Folio 79, of the land records of Worcester County,
and described as follows:

Beginning for the same at a point, said point being the northeasterly corner of
the herein described land, said point also being on the southerly shore of the
Pocomoke River, said point also being the northwesterlymost corner of the lands now
or formerly of the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources known as
"Cypress Swamp" in a deed recorded in the land records of Worcester County in Liber
633, Folio 93, and from said place of beginning running by and with the State of
Maryland Department of Natural Resources land the following courses and distances,
south 08 degrees 55 minutes 37 seconds east 65 feet more or less to a cedar post found,
then continuing south 08 degrees 55 minutes 37 seconds east 304.26 feet to a cedar
post found, then south 06 degrees 00 minutes 14 seconds west 1,174.93 feet to a tall
iron pipe found, then south 22 degrees 20 minutes 41 seconds west 956.74 feet to a
concrete monument found, then north 77 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds west 290.79
feet to the side of a 16 foot right of way as described in a deed recorded in the land
records of Worcester County in Liber 633, Folio 93, then continuing north 77 degrees
37 minutes 08 seconds west 963.80 feet to a concrete monument found, then north 74
degrees 22 minutes 53 seconds west 2,414.97 feet to a cedar post found, then south
09 degrees 49 minutes 25 seconds east 157.06 feet to a metal fence post set and the
lands now or formerly of John C. Rice, III described by a deed recorded in the land
records of Worcester County in Liber 1844, Folio 489, then by and with said John C.
Rice land north 78 degrees 27 minutes 16 seconds west 386.42 feet to a metal fence
post set and the lands now or formerly of the State of Maryland Department of
Natural Resources known as "Lankford's Discovery" as described in a deed recorded
in the land records of Worcester County in Liber 1210, Folio 489, then by and with
the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources land north 12 degrees 05
minutes 27 seconds west 4,000.96 feet to a large marked pine tree found on the
southeasterly shore of the aforesaid Pocomoke River and other lands of the State of
Maryland Department of Natural Resources known as "Otter Run" as described in a
deed recorded in the land records of Worcester County in Liber 424, Folio 637, then
by and with the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources land the
following courses and distances, south 46 degrees 32 minutes 31 seconds east
1,909.05 feet, then north 04 degrees 12 minutes 29 seconds east 1,138.50 feet, then
north 24 degrees 42 minutes 29 seconds east 121 feet more or less to the shore of the
aforesaid Pocomoke River and the many meanderings thereof generally then by the
following courses and distances, south 07 degrees 01 minutes 58 seconds west 379.50
feet, then south 12 degrees 11 minutes 02 seconds 397.50 feet, then south 39 degrees
39 minutes 30 seconds east 743.21 feet, then south 64 degrees 09 minutes 03 seconds
east 1,542.01 feet, then south 73 degrees 24 minutes 30 seconds east 684.11 feet to
the place of beginning; containing 305.680 acres of land as per a survey recorded in
the plat records of Worcester County, Maryland in Plat Book RHO 153, Folio 68, and
together with a 16 foot right of way which leads from the herein described land to the
public road known as Hickory Point Road, said right of way being more particularly
described in a deed recorded in the land records of Worcester County, Maryland in
Liber 633, Folio 93.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the existing
stand of planted pine trees in Parcel 5 described as follows may be harvested by the
Department using mechanical or motorized equipment, and the area then reforested
or allowed to naturally revert to a forested condition: beginning at a point, said point
having the coordinate value 140229.23 north, 1702780.67 east (Maryland State plane
grid system NAD83), and then running south 26 degrees 08 minutes 28 seconds east
1050.60 feet, south 80 degrees 41 minutes 01 seconds east 1073.80 feet, south 02
degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds west 203.47 feet, south 11 degrees 17 minutes 41
seconds west 943.12 feet, north 86 degrees 53 minutes 59 seconds west 1239.82 feet,
north 58 degrees 40 minutes 59 seconds west 1005.83 feet, north 07 degrees 30
minutes 40 seconds east 720.85 feet, south 80 degrees 21 minutes 59 seconds east
567.10 feet, north 32 degrees 13 minutes 55 seconds west 974.04 feet, north 71
degrees 02 minutes 02 seconds east 650.67 feet to the point of beginning, containing
68 acres more or less.
(d) (1) Pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section that
property situated in Worcester County containing approximately 3,109 acres and
described as follows is a Type 2 State wildland and shall be named the "Pocomoke
River Wildland":
Parcel 1:
Beginning with the first part at a point on the west bank of Corkers Creek
where it joins the Pocomoke River and proceeding clockwise, then generally southerly
with said west bank approximately 6,200 feet to the rear line of the clearing for the
forest manager's residence, then leaving the creek and with said rear line
southwesterly 400 feet to a forest road, then with said forest road and with its
meanders, northwesterly then southerly and then northwesterly approximately
11,500 feet to the Pocomoke State Forest boundary, and with it northwesterly about
2,200 feet to the Pocomoke River, then with the south bank thereof to the beginning
point.
Parcel 2:
A second and separate part of this wildland begins at a point on the south bank
of the Pocomoke River at the western boundary of a part of the Pocomoke River
Wildlife Management Area, the point lying approximately 400 feet west of Mattaponi
Landing and running with the wildlife management area boundary and adjacent
private land southerly about 300 feet to the Blades Road, then with the road about
2,400 feet to the State wetland boundary, then following the State wetland boundary
with its meanders generally southwesterly approximately 6,500 feet to the western
boundary of the Tarr tract and the lands conveyed from William Cropper to the State
of Maryland, to the use of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources by a deed
dated June 16, 1993 and recorded in land records of Worcester County, Maryland in

Liber 1948, Folio 501, then running within said conveyed lands the following courses
and distances, south 52 degrees 21 minutes west 981.05 feet, south 81 degrees 48
minutes east 859.32 feet, south 39 degrees 12 minutes west 474.43 feet, south 1
degree 41 minutes west 350.84 feet, south 55 degrees 26 minutes east 563.62 feet,
south 6 degrees 7 minutes east 580.90 feet, south 55 degrees 32 minutes west 637.99
feet, south 10 degrees 37 minutes east 167.90 feet, south 47 degrees 17 minutes west
182.48 feet to a point lying within the lands conveyed from Levin C. Beauchamp to
the State of Maryland for the use of the Game and Inland Fish Commission by a deed
dated May 19, 1996 and recorded in the land records of Worcester County, Maryland
in Liber 204, Folio 512 and shown on plat EWR 1/38, then south 47 degrees 17
minutes west 182.48 feet, south 3 degrees 35 minutes east 165.35 feet, south 71
degrees 54 minutes east 635.00 feet, south 71 degrees 54 minutes 635.0 feet, south
22 degrees 18 minutes east 366.5 feet, north 57 degrees 56 minutes east 912.92 feet,
south 42 degrees 49 minutes east 245.25 feet, south 30 degrees 35 minutes west
773.52 feet to a point lying within the lands conveyed from William Cropper to the
State of Maryland, to the use of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources by a
deed dated June 16, 1993 and recorded in the land records of Worcester County,
Maryland in Liber 1948, Folio 501, then north 64 degrees 32 minutes west 239.90
feet, south 51 degrees 40 minutes west 282.70 feet, south 58 degrees 43 minutes east
1092.30 feet to a point lying within the lands conveyed from Levin C. Beauchamp to
the State of Maryland for the use of the Game and Inland Fish Commission by a deed
dated May 19, 1996 and recorded in the land records of Worcester County, Maryland
in Liber 204, Folio 512, then north 66 degrees 2 minutes east 304.75 feet, south 75
degrees 58 minutes east 722.96 feet, south 15 degrees 2 minutes west 710.04 feet to
a concrete monument found at the end of the 16th line described in the
aforementioned conveyance from Levin C. Beauchamp to the State of Maryland for
the use of the Game and Inland Fish Commission, then running by and with the 16th
line reversed south 42 degrees 33 seconds east 650.76 feet, then south 57 degrees 28
minutes west 1271.84 feet, north 59 degrees 21 minutes west 1942.26 feet, north 59
degrees 21 minutes west 1942.26 feet, north 14 degrees 18 minutes east 542.85 feet,
north 49 degrees 16 minutes west 980.02 feet, north 79 degrees 31 minutes east
566.44 feet, north 62 degrees 39 minutes west 336.76 feet, south 58 degrees 0 minutes
west 291.91 feet, south 7 degrees 51 minutes east 301.95 feet, south 52 degrees 54
minutes east 530.16 feet, south 13 degrees 40 minutes east 1580.05 feet to a point
lying in the 2nd line described in the aforementioned conveyance from Levin C.
Beauchamp to the State of Maryland for the use of the Game and Inland Fish
Commission, then running by and with the 2nd line reversed south 67 degrees 57
seconds west 336.06 feet to the end of the first line, then running by and with the 1st
line reversed north 29 degrees 50 minutes east 5,280 feet to a point on the southerly
side of the Pocomoke River, then running by and with the 75th line reversed easterly
by and with the Pocomoke River in an easterly direction 2,300 feet more or less to a
gut and the end of the 74th line, then running with the 74th line reversed by and
with a gut in a southerly direction 1,360 feet more or less to the end of the 73rd line,
then running by and with the 73rd line reversed north 61 degrees 25 minutes east

902.50 feet to a point, said point being the southeast corner of a 16 acre parcel of land
conveyed to Elton D. Ardis by a deed dated August 1, 1950 and recorded in land
records of Worcester County, Maryland in Liber CWN 35, Folio 501 and shown on
plat EWR 1/38, then running in a northeasterly direction a distance of 990 feet more
or less to a point on the southerly side of the Pocomoke River, then running and
binding with the southerly side of the Pocomoke River in a generally northeasterly
direction a distance of 14,640 feet more or less to the point of beginning.
Parcel 3:
A third and separate part of this wildland begins at a point on the north bank
of the Pocomoke River and the west bank of Corbin Branch, and proceeding then
clockwise with the north bank and with its meanders generally southwesterly
approximately 10,500 feet to the mouth of Milburn Branch, then with the north bank
of the branch and with its meanders generally northwesterly about 1,800 feet to a
forest road, then along this road and other interconnecting forest roads and with their
windings northeasterly approximately 10,000 feet to the east bank of Corbin Branch,
then with the east bank generally southerly about 1,000 feet again to the Pocomoke
River and the beginning point.
Parcel 4 (Shad Tract, Parcel A):
Beginning at the intersection of Corker's Creek and a ditch running in a
northeasterly direction, said point also being on the boundary line of Shad Landing
State Park and then running, along said ditch in a northeasterly direction to its
intersection with the Pocomoke River, then running along the south bank of the
Pocomoke River to Corker's Creek, then running with Corker's Creek to the point of
beginning.
Parcel 5 (Shad Tract, Parcel B):
Beginning at a concrete monument, said monument being the beginning of a
tract of land which by deed dated October 14, 1988 and recorded in Liber 1486, Folio
530 of the Land Records of Worcester County, was conveyed by Lavara Van De Graf,
personal representative of the Estate of Evelyn W. Jones, and the Nature
Conservancy, to the State of Maryland, for the use of the Department of Natural
Resources, and running, along the boundary line of Shad Landing State Park
2,200.00 feet more or less, to a point on the northeast side of the road leading to Shad
Landing, then running along the northeast side of said road in a northwest direction
1,300.00 feet more or less, to the south bank of the Pocomoke River, then running by
and with the meanderings of the Pocomoke River in a generally northerly direction
to the end of the 4th line of the aforesaid conveyance from Lavara Van De Graf, then
running, south 11 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds west 660.00 feet to a point, south
18 degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds east 1,065.90 feet to a point, south 21 degrees 45

minutes 00 seconds east 226.38 feet to an iron pipe, south 65 degrees 00 minutes 00
seconds east 165.66 feet to the point of beginning.
Parcel 6 (Van De Graf Tract):
All that lot, tract, or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the second
election district of Worcester County located on the Pocomoke River and being more
particularly described in a deed dated October 14, 1988 and recorded in Liber 1486,
Folio 530 of the land records of Worcester County, which was conveyed by Lavara
Van De Graf, personal representative of the Estate of Evelyn W. Jones and the
Nature Conservancy, to the State of Maryland, for the use of the Department of
Natural Resources and described as follows: beginning at a concrete monument at
the intersection of the northwesterly line of a tract of land now or formerly owned by
Robert J. Reilly and the northeast line of Shad Landing State Park, and then running
north 65 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west 165.66 feet to an iron pipe, then north
21 degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds west 226.38 feet to an iron pipe, then north 18
degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds west 1,065.90 feet, then north 11 degrees 15 minutes
00 seconds east 660.00 feet, then running with the meanderings of the Pocomoke
River in a northerly direction 6,065.00 feet more or less to an iron pipe, then south
52 degrees 03 minutes 37 seconds east 471.90 feet to an iron pipe, then south 80
degrees 03 minutes 37 seconds east 1,223.64 feet to an iron axle, then south 27
degrees 48 minutes 26 seconds west 192.46 feet to an iron pipe, then south 55 degrees
00 minutes 00 seconds east 33.00 feet to an iron pipe, then south 33 degrees 00
minutes 00 seconds west 429.00 feet to an iron pipe, then south 50 degrees 00 minutes
00 seconds west 198.00 feet to an iron pipe, then south 20 degrees 00 minutes 00
seconds west 396.00 feet to an iron pipe, then south 55 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds
west 165.00 feet to an iron pipe, then south 49 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west
264.00 feet to an iron pipe, then south 37 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west 330.00
feet to an iron pipe, then north 56 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west 427.02 feet to
an iron pipe, then south 08 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west 709.50 feet to an iron
pipe, then south 19 degrees 45 minutes 00 seconds east 550.44 feet to a concrete
monument, then south 76 degrees 38 minutes 23 seconds west 592.40 feet to a
concrete monument, then south 76 degrees 38 minutes 38 seconds west 94.00 feet to
an iron pipe, then south 56 degrees 08 minutes 23 seconds west 675.78 feet to an iron
pipe, then north 45 degrees 33 minutes 46 seconds west 728.29 feet to an iron pipe,
then south 43 degrees 45 minutes 12 seconds west 2160.38 feet to the point of
beginning.
Exempting the tract of land serving as a trail course described as follows:
beginning at an iron pipe found at 182999.659 north, 1767978.919 east (Maryland
State plane grid system NAD83), and then running north 87 degrees 56 minutes 8
seconds west 29.472 feet, south 53 degrees 17 minutes 1 second west 28.908 feet,
south 63 degrees 23 minutes 14 seconds west 17.615 feet, south 38 degrees 55 minutes
36 seconds west 20.657 feet, south 48 degrees 43 minutes 45 seconds west 26.253 feet,

south 34 degrees 33 minutes 41 seconds west 27.522 feet, south 23 degrees 32 minutes
1 second west 22.934 feet, south 7 degrees 20 minutes 18 seconds west 17.462 feet,
south 3 degrees 2 minutes 49 seconds west 16.418 feet, south 9 degrees 46 minutes
30 seconds west 17.929 feet, south 12 degrees 38 minutes 28 seconds east 15.162 feet,
south 9 degrees 53 minutes 46 seconds east 19.157 feet, south 30 degrees 58 minutes
10 seconds west 15.526 feet, south 62 degrees 18 minutes 58 seconds west 21.204 feet,
south 69 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds west 15.933 feet, south 73 degrees 52 minutes
51 seconds west 16.378 feet, south 40 degrees 10 minutes 29 seconds west 23.884 feet,
south 40 degrees 10 minutes 29 seconds west 23.586 feet, south 28 degrees 50 minutes
57 seconds west 27.857 feet, north 78 degrees 9 minutes 5 seconds west 26.777 feet,
south 88 degrees 9 minutes 7 seconds west 59.371 feet, north 84 degrees 7 minutes 3
seconds west 84.387 feet, north 79 degrees 49 minutes 45 seconds west 66.529 feet,
north 84 degrees 0 minutes 21 seconds west 39.897 feet, south 75 degrees 55 minutes
3 seconds west 42.191 feet, north 82 degrees 8 minutes 28 seconds west 103.744 feet,
north 85 degrees 28 minutes 33 seconds west 72.232 feet, north 82 degrees 16 minutes
8 seconds west 103.244 feet, north 83 degrees 40 minutes 19 seconds west 65.216 feet,
north 72 degrees 3 minutes 3 seconds west 80.743 feet, north 72 degrees 3 minutes 4
seconds west 89.868 feet across an unnamed stream, north 78 degrees 12 minutes 27
seconds west 38.555 feet, south 86 degrees 25 minutes 9 seconds west 49.34 feet,
south 63 degrees 16 minutes 59 seconds west 53.589 feet, south 59 degrees 16 minutes
25 seconds west 53.821 feet, south 14 degrees 31 minutes 29 seconds west 46.307 feet,
south 25 degrees 3 minutes 48 seconds west 66.454 feet, south 1 degree 17 minutes
48 seconds east 90.707 feet, south 25 degrees 31 minutes 5 seconds east 30.483 feet,
south 14 degrees 28 minutes 23 seconds east 56.319 feet, south 15 degrees 56 minutes
43 seconds east 47.397 feet, south 8 degrees 40 minutes 42 seconds east 46.287 feet,
south 21 degrees 59 minutes 21 seconds west 20.557 feet, south 16 degrees 54 minutes
18 seconds east 23.647 feet, south 19 degrees 59 minutes 15 seconds east 49.539 feet,
south 8 degrees 1 minute 57 seconds west 40.257 feet, south 0 degrees 35 minutes 32
seconds east 31.136 feet, south 27 degrees 7 minutes 50 seconds west 32.777 feet,
south 31 degrees 35 minutes 46 seconds west 28.059 feet, south 35 degrees 12 minutes
7 seconds west 26.572 feet, south 8 degrees 20 minutes 1 second west 16.658 feet,
south 10 degrees 14 minutes 49 seconds west 35.619 feet, south 12 degrees 52 minutes
47 seconds west 33.879 feet, south 40 degrees 42 minutes 36 seconds west 14.166 feet,
south 6 degrees 17 minutes 6 seconds west 40.913 feet, south 9 degrees 30 minutes
39 seconds west 35.174 feet, south 54 degrees 34 minutes 51 seconds west 51.401 feet,
south 0 degrees 8 minutes 24 seconds east 21.065 feet, south 6 degrees 0 minutes 22
seconds east 22.89 feet, south 46 degrees 41 minutes 6 seconds east 35.77 feet, south
6 degrees 28 minutes 37 seconds west 23.367 feet, south 22 degrees 38 minutes 51
seconds west 38.952 feet, south 47 degrees 57 minutes 46 seconds west 29.658 feet,
south 25 degrees 9 minutes 4 seconds west 45.514 feet, south 27 degrees 40 minutes
20 seconds west 26.231 feet, south 1 degree 48 minutes 36 seconds west 9.848 feet,
south 1 degree 48 minutes 36 seconds west 38.975 feet, south 36 degrees 43 minutes
30 seconds west 24.349 feet, south 30 degrees 24 minutes 26 seconds west 41.037 feet,
south 87 degrees 0 minutes 56 seconds west 28.532 feet, south 17 degrees 34 minutes

9 seconds west 48.992 feet, south 16 degrees 26 minutes 34 seconds west 58.327 feet,
south 16 degrees 27 minutes 51 seconds west 46.606 feet, south 7 degrees 49 minutes
36 seconds west 47.17 feet, south 44 degrees 33 minutes 41 seconds east 23.151 feet,
south 36 degrees 8 minutes 41 seconds east 18.294 feet, south 31 degrees 53 minutes
33 seconds east 36.892 feet, south 79 degrees 19 minutes 2 seconds east 12.897 feet,
north 73 degrees 39 minutes 43 seconds east 31.718 feet, south 89 degrees 36 minutes
12 seconds east 25.823 feet, south 48 degrees 8 minutes 55 seconds east 24.129 feet,
south 16 degrees 3 minutes 27 seconds east 31.343 feet, south 39 degrees 42 minutes
49 seconds east 25.431 feet, south 84 degrees 0 minutes 36 seconds east 24.988 feet,
south 9 degrees 15 minutes 16 seconds east 63.266 feet, south 3 degrees 10 minutes
14 seconds east 76.469 feet, south 15 degrees 47 minutes 55 seconds west 64.236 feet,
south 20 degrees 46 minutes 38 seconds west 44.587 feet, south 33 degrees 29 minutes
52 seconds west 33.628 feet, south 14 degrees 30 minutes 37 seconds west 39.502 feet,
south 28 degrees 46 minutes 7 seconds west 56.331 feet, south 33 degrees 29 minutes
2 seconds west 43.009 feet, south 9 degrees 18 minutes 34 seconds east 25.328 feet,
south 26 degrees 8 minutes 42 seconds east 51.209 feet, south 14 degrees 10 minutes
4 seconds east 39.126 feet, south 46 degrees 0 minutes 52 seconds east 68.559 feet,
south 27 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds east 86.532 feet, south 22 degrees 23 minutes
3 seconds east 52.536 feet, south 1 degree 9 minutes 31 seconds west 63.057 feet,
south 16 degrees 31 minutes 12 seconds east 15.666 feet, south 0 degrees 18 minutes
4 seconds east 15.981 feet, south 14 degrees 44 minutes 28 seconds east 24.339 feet,
south 28 degrees 53 minutes 18 seconds east 30.809 feet, south 4 degrees 15 minutes
22 seconds east 16.082 feet, south 15 degrees 17 minutes 18 seconds east 16.79 feet,
south 8 degrees 19 minutes 5 seconds west 24.885 feet, south 19 degrees 50 minutes
25 seconds west 20.266 feet, south 13 degrees 6 minutes 29 seconds west 14.446 feet,
south 37 degrees 56 minutes 36 seconds west 14.422 feet, south 15 degrees 30 minutes
11 seconds west 14.517 feet, south 28 degrees 56 minutes 45 seconds west 23.619 feet,
south 23 degrees 25 minutes 57 seconds west 14.399 feet, south 2 degrees 30 minutes
47 seconds east 29.055 feet, south 6 degrees 4 minutes 50 seconds west 25.453 feet,
south 33 degrees 14 minutes 36 seconds west 25.107 feet, south 36 degrees 54 minutes
48 seconds west 19.343 feet, south 67 degrees 14 minutes 13 seconds west 18.559 feet,
south 42 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds west 20.098 feet, south 46 degrees 35 minutes
27 seconds west 22.921 feet, south 46 degrees 57 minutes 18 seconds west 26.523 feet,
south 37 degrees 14 minutes 56 seconds west 28.818 feet, south 30 degrees 55 minutes
6 seconds west 23.805 feet, south 23 degrees 44 minutes 4 seconds west 17.173 feet,
south 11 degrees 58 minutes 41 seconds west 26.422 feet, south 50 degrees 12 minutes
20 seconds west 29.446 feet, north 87 degrees 13 minutes 47 seconds west 29.217 feet,
south 67 degrees 54 minutes 46 seconds west 64.64 feet, south 62 degrees 14 minutes
29 seconds west 55.914 feet, north 87 degrees 47 minutes 27 seconds west 55.298 feet,
north 75 degrees 38 minutes 29 seconds west 53.792 feet, south 76 degrees 55 minutes
6 seconds west 54.505 feet, south 68 degrees 20 minutes 44 seconds west 65.179 feet,
south 57 degrees 50 minutes 44 seconds west 57.749 feet, south 72 degrees 31 minutes
56 seconds west 87.227 feet, south 66 degrees 56 minutes 16 seconds west 96.424 feet,
south 59 degrees 43 minutes 50 seconds west 77.988 feet, south 52 degrees 2 minutes

31 seconds west 74.007 feet, south 30 degrees 11 minutes 28 seconds west 61.016 feet,
south 45 degrees 0 minutes 0 seconds west 108.03 feet across an unnamed stream,
south 88 degrees 47 minutes 0 seconds west 35.001 feet, north 66 degrees 8 minutes
46 seconds west 17.001 feet, north 60 degrees 51 minutes 56 seconds west 50.666 feet,
north 53 degrees 20 minutes 31 seconds west 63.719 feet, north 56 degrees 29 minutes
30 seconds west 46.944 feet, north 89 degrees 46 minutes 59 seconds west 34.816 feet,
north 45 degrees 13 minutes 58 seconds west 31.958 feet, north 58 degrees 46 minutes
46 seconds west 33.788 feet, north 72 degrees 38 minutes 49 seconds west 67.805 feet,
north 35 degrees 22 minutes 40 seconds west 40.8 feet, north 25 degrees 24 minutes
41 seconds west 38.42 feet, north 85 degrees 58 minutes 55 seconds west 57.009 feet,
north 47 degrees 49 minutes 1 second west 35.068 feet, north 37 degrees 59 minutes
37 seconds west 32.72 feet, north 67 degrees 41 minutes 9 seconds west 20.603 feet,
south 75 degrees 32 minutes 27 seconds west 41.146 feet, south 43 degrees 6 minutes
52 seconds west 45.442 feet, south 17 degrees 27 minutes 33 seconds west 39.612 feet,
south 35 degrees 58 minutes 12 seconds west 21.049 feet, south 58 degrees 18 minutes
0 seconds west 66.224 feet, south 44 degrees 8 minutes 32 seconds west 77.276 feet,
south 49 degrees 22 minutes 40 seconds west 19.907 feet, south 11 degrees 42 minutes
20 seconds west 27.974 feet, south 18 degrees 46 minutes 7 seconds west 72.523 feet,
south 33 degrees 23 minutes 19 seconds west 34.581 feet, south 35 degrees 50 minutes
3 seconds west 60.974 feet, south 56 degrees 9 minutes 43 seconds west 33.37 feet,
south 60 degrees 47 minutes 39 seconds west 28.342 feet, south 37 degrees 3 minutes
21 seconds west 42.636 feet, south 46 degrees 5 minutes 31 seconds west 52.042 feet,
south 23 degrees 47 minutes 29 seconds west 36.579 feet, south 20 degrees 37 minutes
35 seconds west 66.489 feet, south 30 degrees 53 minutes 44 seconds west 46.734 feet,
south 54 degrees 56 minutes 12 seconds west 34.486 feet, south 47 degrees 37 minutes
34 seconds west 18.699 feet, south 44 degrees 21 minutes 6 seconds west 57.411 feet,
south 17 degrees 39 minutes 23 seconds west 24.129 feet, south 30 degrees 43 minutes
22 seconds west 44.852 feet, south 74 degrees 58 minutes 39 seconds west 44.179 feet,
south 38 degrees 24 minutes 25 seconds west 50.441 feet, south 41 degrees 48 minutes
45 seconds west 37.359 feet, south 31 degrees 2 minutes 30 seconds west 64.271 feet,
south 20 degrees 19 minutes 47 seconds west 39.058 feet, south 13 degrees 4 minutes
0 seconds west 57.081 feet, south 47 degrees 56 minutes 25 seconds west 40.513 feet,
south 81 degrees 55 minutes 38 seconds west 26.478 feet, south 54 degrees 5 minutes
45 seconds west 44.156 feet, south 17 degrees 16 minutes 45 seconds west 39.763 feet,
south 11 degrees 52 minutes 12 seconds west 37.917 feet across an unnamed stream,
south 29 degrees 16 minutes 54 seconds west 41.034 feet, south 20 degrees 13 minutes
25 seconds west 47.707 feet, south 54 degrees 12 minutes 32 seconds west 56.368 feet,
north 70 degrees 12 minutes 6 seconds west 40.172 feet, south 29 degrees 18 minutes
40 seconds west 36.697 feet, south 4 degrees 5 minutes 54 seconds west 36.989 feet,
south 16 degrees 51 minutes 36 seconds east 14.63 feet, south 19 degrees 59 minutes
8 seconds west 45.8 feet, south 47 degrees 10 minutes 38 seconds west 27.276 feet,
south 63 degrees 39 minutes 0 seconds west 47.673 feet, south 37 degrees 43 minutes
45 seconds west 31.258 feet, south 37 degrees 53 minutes 7 seconds west 35.953 feet,
south 49 degrees 6 minutes 15 seconds west 39.252 feet, south 26 degrees 36 minutes

13 seconds west 36.956 feet, south 2 degrees 18 minutes 33 seconds east 44.884 feet,
south 48 degrees 1 minute 3 seconds west 36.667 feet, south 55 degrees 41 minutes
21 seconds west 38.227 feet, south 30 degrees 26 minutes 46 seconds west 56.489 feet,
south 51 degrees 58 minutes 34 seconds west 20.777 feet, south 23 degrees 44 minutes
42 seconds west 30.079 feet, south 67 degrees 49 minutes 54 seconds west 32.523 feet,
south 27 degrees 16 minutes 40 seconds west 43.425 feet, south 12 degrees 56 minutes
37 seconds west 22.833 feet, south 46 degrees 34 minutes 15 seconds west 36.457 feet,
south 72 degrees 28 minutes 9 seconds west 51.88 feet, north 89 degrees 52 minutes
33 seconds west 29.946 feet, south 86 degrees 51 minutes 31 seconds west 32.446 feet,
north 48 degrees 0 minutes 41 seconds west 22.569 feet, north 66 degrees 29 minutes
5 seconds west 21.935 feet, south 86 degrees 2 minutes 22 seconds west 26.457 feet,
north 87 degrees 40 minutes 41 seconds west 35.447 feet, north 72 degrees 47 minutes
18 seconds west 50.244 feet, north 87 degrees 4 minutes 58 seconds west 34.987 feet,
north 85 degrees 56 minutes 50 seconds west 46.585 feet, south 22 degrees 0 minutes
53 seconds west 20.792 feet, south 33 degrees 10 minutes 32 seconds west 29.623 feet,
south 7 degrees 17 minutes 59 seconds west 32.791 feet, south 12 degrees 27 minutes
49 seconds west 42.81 feet, south 1 degree 11 minutes 21 seconds east 67.614 feet,
south 27 degrees 14 minutes 50 seconds west 50.758 feet, south 35 degrees 1 minute
38 seconds west 43.133 feet, south 0 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds west 22.747 feet,
south 59 degrees 30 minutes 55 seconds west 23.432 feet, south 26 degrees 25 minutes
5 seconds west 24.618 feet, south 14 degrees 15 minutes 3 seconds west 23.76 feet,
south 65 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds west 28.054 feet, south 56 degrees 18 minutes
11 seconds west 33.665 feet, south 63 degrees 57 minutes 11 seconds west 57.936 feet,
south 51 degrees 28 minutes 50 seconds west 25.202 feet, south 64 degrees 20 minutes
29 seconds west 23.399 feet, south 28 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds west 10.739 feet,
south 21 degrees 32 minutes 18 seconds west 32.286 feet, south 39 degrees 27 minutes
12 seconds west 31.443 feet, south 53 degrees 44 minutes 42 seconds west 54.449 feet,
south 84 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds west 61.938 feet, south 57 degrees 21 minutes
38 seconds west 37.865 feet, south 64 degrees 8 minutes 22 seconds west 45.28 feet,
south 71 degrees 42 minutes 11 seconds west 34.67 feet, south 49 degrees 56 minutes
56 seconds west 46.885 feet, south 43 degrees 30 minutes 2 seconds west 40.39 feet,
south 54 degrees 34 minutes 35 seconds west 47.12 feet, south 27 degrees 8 minutes
48 seconds west 36.968 feet, south 69 degrees 37 minutes 57 seconds west 31.638 feet,
north 75 degrees 50 minutes 55 seconds west 41.506 feet, south 71 degrees 3 minutes
39 seconds west 52.28 feet, north 89 degrees 28 minutes 8 seconds west 64.678 feet,
south 84 degrees 7 minutes 26 seconds west 40.793 feet, south 47 degrees 39 minutes
36 seconds west 28.135 feet, south 74 degrees 16 minutes 47 seconds west 38.637 feet,
south 30 degrees 37 minutes 53 seconds west 45.989 feet, south 53 degrees 20 minutes
46 seconds west 81.191 feet, south 37 degrees 38 minutes 26 seconds west 46.964 feet,
south 2 degrees 38 minutes 36 seconds west 56.799 feet, south 9 degrees 40 minutes
51 seconds west 32.18 feet across Hardship Branch, south 24 degrees 8 minutes 35
seconds west 40.425 feet, south 30 degrees 16 minutes 20 seconds west 66.322 feet,
south 31 degrees 26 minutes 7 seconds west 39.69 feet, north 82 degrees 25 minutes
1 second west 22.136 feet, north 80 degrees 54 minutes 16 seconds west 22.502 feet,

south 73 degrees 29 minutes 2 seconds west 44.338 feet, south 62 degrees 3 minutes
57 seconds west 55.091 feet, south 82 degrees 55 minutes 59 seconds west 58.743 feet,
south 71 degrees 51 minutes 15 seconds west 52.96 feet, north 88 degrees 16 minutes
4 seconds west 40.619 feet, south 68 degrees 39 minutes 35 seconds west 42.408 feet,
to the point of ending on Pocomoke State Park's "Trail of Change" 177132.027 feet
north, 1762097.604 feet east (Maryland State plane grid system NAD83).
Parcel 6A (Odachowski Tract):
Beginning at 123.64 feet north 87 degrees 56 minutes 17 seconds west of a
found iron pipe, then running 87 degrees 56 minutes 17 seconds west 1,100 feet to a
point, then north 59 degrees 06 minutes 17 seconds west 481.73 feet to the shoreline
of the Pocomoke River, then by and with the shoreline of the Pocomoke River in a
northerly direction to 23 degrees 28 minutes 38 seconds east 2,669.73 feet, then by
and with the lands now or formerly of Robert A. Raley the following courses: south 31
degrees 53 minutes 17 seconds east 851.13 feet to a found concrete monument, north
80 degrees 21 minutes 43 seconds east 1,430.88 feet, south 71 degrees 00 minutes 17
seconds east 300 feet, south 50 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds west 1,357.73 feet to
the center of a ditch, south 40 degrees 10 minutes 23 seconds west 930.65 feet to the
center of a ditch, south 04 degrees 29 minutes 23 seconds west 587.61 feet to the point
of beginning.
Parcel 7 (Tract A):
Beginning at the southeast intersection of River Road and a road on the
eastern boundary line of Milburn Landing State Park, then running along the
boundary of Milburn Landing State Park 3,000.00 feet more or less, to a point, then
leaving the park boundary and running along the northwest side of said road 500.00
feet more or less, to the center of Milburn Branch, then running in a southeasterly
direction along said creek in a southerly direction to its confluence with the Pocomoke
River and the boundary line of Pocomoke State Forest, then running along the
Pocomoke River in a southwesterly direction 1,000.00 feet more or less, to a point,
then running in a northwesterly direction 400.00 feet to a point on the east side of a
drive, then running along said drive in a northerly direction 1,000.00 feet more or
less, to a point, then leaving said road and running, north 18 degrees 30 minutes 00
seconds west 1,060.00 feet more or less, to a point, then running north 12 degrees 30
minutes 00 seconds east 1,000.00 feet more or less, to a point, on the south side of
River Road, then running along the south side of River Road to the point of beginning.
Parcel 7 (Tract B):
Beginning at a point on the southeast side of River Road at its intersection
with the northeast boundary line of Pocomoke State Forest, then running in a
southeasterly direction along said State forest boundary 1,300.00 feet more or less,

to a point, then running in a southwesterly direction at a right angle to the Pocomoke
State Forest boundary 375.00 feet more or less, then running parallel to the State
forest boundary line in a northwesterly direction 1,300.00 feet to the south side of
River Road, then running along the south side of River Road to the point of beginning.
Parcel 8:
Beginning at a point in the intersection of Corker's Creek and a ditch running
in a northwesterly direction, said point being in the northeastern boundary of
Pocomoke State Forest and the Shad Landing State Park boundary line, then with
said ditch in a northeasterly direction 700.00 feet more or less, then leaving said ditch
and running in a southeasterly direction 850.00 feet to a State park loop road at a
campground, then running along said road 4,000.00 feet more or less, to a point
opposite a 90 degree bend in said road, then leaving the park road and running in a
southwesterly direction 650.00 feet more or less, to Corker's Creek, then running
along Corker's Creek in a northwesterly direction to the point of beginning.
Parcel 9:
Beginning at a point, said point being at the end of the 2nd line of a tract of
land which by deed dated February 13, 1985 and recorded in Liber 1064, Folio 24 of
the Land Records of Worcester County, was conveyed by Charles Timmons to the
State of Maryland for the use of the Department of Natural Resources, then running
with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th line of said tract of land and with the State forest boundary,
south 43 degrees 15 minutes 28 seconds east 500.00 feet to an angle iron, then south
68 degrees 22 minutes 28 seconds east 460.72 feet to an angle iron, then south 46
degrees 44 minutes 49 seconds west 199.59 feet to an angle iron, then leaving said
conveyance and running, south 42 degrees 07 minutes 00 seconds east 185.00 feet to
an iron bar, then south 36 degrees 04 minutes 00 seconds east 317.00 feet to an iron
bar, then north 53 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds east 363.00 feet to an iron bar, then
south 12 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds east 250.00 feet more or less, to a point, then
running, south 57 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds east 2,100.00 feet more or less, to a
point on the northwest side of a road, then running with the north side of said road
in a southwesterly direction 450.00 feet to a point, then leaving said road and
running, north 74 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west 1,200.00 feet to an iron bar,
then running with the lines of a conveyance from Charles Timmons to the State of
Maryland (Liber 788, Folio 390), north 41 degrees 07 minutes 00 seconds west 935.12
feet crossing over an iron bar at 156 feet, then running, south 79 degrees 55 minutes
00 seconds west 231.00 feet to a point, then running north 40 degrees 52 minutes 00
seconds west 264.00 feet to a point, then running north 60 degrees 49 minutes 00
seconds west 264.00 feet to a point, then running north 27 degrees 45 minutes 00
seconds east 82.50 feet to a point, then south 65 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds west
132.00 feet to a point, then running north 84 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds west
563.00 feet more or less, to an iron pipe, then running, north 18 degrees 00 minutes

00 seconds east 550.00 feet more or less, to the south side of the Pocomoke River, then
running with said river to the point of beginning.
Parcel 10:
Beginning at the end of the 5th line of a tract of land surveyed by G. Oliver
Morrell for John and Elisabeth Mohr on November 30, 1960, said tract of land
conveyed by John and Elizabeth Mohr to the State of Maryland for the use of the
Department of Natural Resources by a deed dated April 22, 1987, and recorded in
Liber 1304, Folio 124 of the land records of Worcester County, and then running,
north 29 degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds west 303.60 feet, then running north 72
degrees 22 minutes 40 seconds west 859.32 feet, then running north 60 degrees 03
minutes 10 seconds east 988.68 feet, then running north 38 degrees 32 minutes 20
seconds east 722.70 feet, then running south 83 degrees 05 minutes 50 seconds east
1,049.40 feet, then running south 79 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds east 205.26 feet,
then running north 39 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds east 332.64 feet, then running
north 87 degrees 34 minutes 50 seconds east 333.30 feet, then running south 54
degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds east 201.30 feet to a pipe, then running in a
northeasterly direction with the south side of the marsh 5,500.00 feet more or less, to
an old road, then running with the southwest side of said road in a southeasterly
direction 1,000.00 feet more or less, to the intersection of a State forest road, then
running with the northwest side of said road in a southwesterly direction 8,000.00
feet to the point of beginning.
Parcel 11:
All those six (6) tracts of land, situate, lying and being in the Second Election
District of Worcester County, Maryland, and located south of Porter's Crossing Road
where it crosses the Pocomoke River.
Tracts 1, 2, and 3 are described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the west bank of the Pocomoke River at the point of
intersection with Porter's Crossing Road, then running with the south side of Porter's
Crossing Road in a westerly direction 1,203.40 feet more or less to a point, then
running south 51 degrees 47 minutes 09 seconds west 426.84 feet to a concrete
monument, then running south 88 degrees 25 minutes 03 seconds west 290.70 feet to
a concrete monument, then running north 68 degrees 41 minutes 15 seconds west
129.73 feet to a concrete monument, then running south 79 degrees 15 minutes 20
seconds west 771.33 feet to a concrete monument, then running north 41 degrees 44
minutes 29 seconds west 420.79 feet to a concrete monument, then running north 36
degrees 52 minutes 07 seconds west 320.18 feet to a concrete monument, then
running north 89 degrees 02 minutes 27 seconds west 277.60 feet to a concrete
monument, then running north 82 degrees 57 minutes 18 seconds west 467.51 feet to

a concrete monument, then running south 48 degrees 38 minutes 24 seconds west
233.48 feet to a concrete monument, then running south 56 degrees 03 minutes 45
seconds west 176.63 feet to a concrete monument, then running south 55 degrees 16
minutes 03 seconds east 259.02 feet to a concrete monument, then running south 06
degrees 18 minutes 33 seconds west 462.51 feet to a concrete monument, then
running south 72 degrees 50 minutes 46 seconds west 24.38 feet to a concrete
monument, then running north 77 degrees 50 minutes 18 seconds west 68.72 feet to
a concrete monument, then running south 48 degrees 29 minutes 23 seconds west
1,696.22 feet to a concrete monument, then running south 41 degrees 10 minutes 49
seconds east 301.16 feet to a concrete monument, then running south 11 degrees 01
minutes 02 seconds west 247.59 feet to a concrete monument, then running south 06
degrees 59 minutes 09 seconds east 159.93 feet to a concrete monument, then running
south 15 degrees 40 minutes 49 seconds west 429.34 feet to a concrete monument,
then running south 47 degrees 07 minutes 49 seconds east 711.02 feet to a concrete
monument, then running south 00 degrees 19 minutes 05 seconds west 130.74 feet to
a concrete monument, then running south 22 degrees 51 minutes 02 seconds west
36.50 feet to a concrete monument, then running south 22 degrees 51 minutes 02
seconds west 67.75 feet to a point, then running south 48 degrees 05 minutes 53
seconds east 166.09 feet to a concrete monument, then running south 25 degrees 20
minutes 40 seconds east 360.65 feet to a concrete monument, then running south 07
degrees 24 minutes 41 seconds east 483.19 feet to a concrete monument, then running
south 45 degrees 55 minutes 44 seconds west 282.71 feet to a concrete monument,
then running south 34 degrees 03 minutes 58 seconds west 592.74 feet to a concrete
monument, then running north 52 degrees 59 minutes 51 seconds west 879.12 feet to
a concrete monument, then running south 45 degrees 02 minutes 46 seconds west
216.82 feet to a concrete monument, then running south 45 degrees 02 minutes 46
seconds west 185.17 feet to a point, then running south 42 degrees 08 minutes 00
seconds east 2305.00 feet to the Pocomoke River, then running with the west side of
said river in a northeasterly direction 11,310.00 feet to the point of beginning.
Tracts 4 and 5 are described as follows: beginning at a point, said point having
Maryland State plane grid coordinates north 144,202.33 and east 1,273,168.00; and
running from said point of beginning, south 04 degrees 55 minutes 46 seconds east
234.14 feet, then running north 57 degrees 55 minutes 46 seconds west 122.75 feet,
then running north 39 degrees 55 minutes 46 seconds west 429.00 feet, then running
north 17 degrees 55 minutes 46 seconds west 92.69 feet, to a point in the southerly
line of Porter's Crossing Road, then running with the southerly line of said road
477.31 to the point of beginning.
Beginning at a point on the east bank of the Pocomoke River and on the south
side of Porter's Crossing Road, said point having Maryland State plane grid
coordinates north 14

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