Leonardtown, Maryland—Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust has acquired its 56th conservation easement in St. Mary’s County with the addition of 136 acres on Flora Corner Rd. in Mechanicsville. The property is owned by Joseph Carrico and has been in his family for more than 100 years. It’s used primarily for row-crop farming and recreational hunting. “The funds from the easement have allowed us to keep it as farmland and in the family,” Joseph said. “I’m happy with the outcome.” “We are particularly happy with completion of this easement in these tumultuous times when funding is scarce,” says PTLT executive director Abby Greenwell. “We are getting it done where it counts and saving land from development forever.”