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A Natural Environment Area (NEA) is a unit of the Park Service of the
Maryland Department of Natural Resources The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is a government agency in the state of Maryland charged with maintaining natural resources including state parks, public lands, state forests, state waterways, wildlife, and recreation areas. I ...
. These public lands are generally or more in extent and are judged to constitute a "significant natural attraction or unique geological feature". Development within an NEA is generally confined to trails, interpretive facilities and limited support facilities. In contradistinction to Maryland Wildlands, which may only be established or removed by an act of the
Maryland General Assembly The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland that convenes within the State House in Annapolis. It is a bicameral body: the upper chamber, the Maryland Senate, has 47 representatives, and the lower ...
, NEAs are designated by the DNR. (The more restrictive and protective designation of a Maryland Wildland, however, is sometimes established ''within'' an NEA.)


List of Maryland NEAs

, the state of
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
managed seven NEAs covering of land.


See also

* List of Maryland state forests *
List of Maryland state parks This list of Maryland state parks includes the state parks and state battlefields listed in the Maryland Department of Natural Resources's current acreage report. Generally, the Maryland Park Service, a unit of and under the authority of the Maryl ...
*
List of Maryland wildlife management areas This is a list of Maryland wildlife management areas. , the state of Maryland owned and managed sixty-one wildlife management areas (WMAs) covering of land. Management Maryland wildlife management areass are managed by the Wildlife and Heri ...
* Maryland BayStat


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Maryland Park Service
Nature reserves in Maryland {{Maryland-protected-area-stub