Sustainability
Starts With You
The mission of the Cove Point Natural Heritage Trust is to preserve and protect ecologically sensitive sites at Cove Point and Southern Maryland through land conservation, scientific research, and environmental education.
CPNHT is a non-profit Trust located in Calvert County. Our mission is to preserve and protect ecologically sensitive sites in Southern Maryland through land conservation, acquisition, scientific research, and environmental education. Founded in 1994, the Trust is comprised of three member groups, Sierra Club, Maryland Conservation Council, and the owner of Dominion Cove Point LNG. Each group has two trustees along with a community trustee elected by the board.
September 2025 - Planting for the future
Restoration of a rare Eastern Hemlock stand along Hellen Creek
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Our annual education activities include working in the public schools, presentations to adult groups and assistance to other non-profits in support of environmental research. We also support annual Master Naturalist training activities. Workshops for scouts and other groups are held along with seasonal nature walks open to the general public.
We provide a location for overnight camping for Boy Scouts at our Preserve. We are a member of the Sustainable Calvert Network where we work with our partners in advocating for land protection in Calvert County.
Research.
Research opportunities at Cove Point are abundant. Long term efforts include monitoring of plant populations in the Cove Point marsh and well as surveys on horseshoe crab activities at the Cove Point beach. We offer our Small Grants Programs to local Marylanders to support environment research and assessment projects.
The Trust continues to explore possibilities for new land acquisition. Our most recent acquisition of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Hemlock Preserve expanded our footprint in the Hellen Creek watershed. Meanwhile we continue to monitor the approximate 800 acres of conservation land around the LNG Terminal as well as continue the preservation and restoration work at Hellen Creek.
Room to grow.
