Saving the Last, Best Place in Annapolis

Crystal Spring Farm is the last extensive undisturbed forest in the entire city of Annapolis. Developers are planning to destroy this forest to develop a massive, mixed-use development three times the size of Annapolis Parole Towne Centre.

New Partnership Inspires Hope for Stopping the Village at Providence Point Development and Protecting Crystal Spring Forest

April 15, 2021
The Friends of Crystal Spring Forest are pleased to announce a transition and new partnership with the Crab Creek Conservancy, a new watershed organization that works to protect and conserve the forest lands, habitats and open space in the Crab Creek Watershed, home to Crystal Spring Forest and surrounding areas. Crab Creek Conservancy is a registered Maryland nonprofit based here in Annapolis, and we will be partnering with them in our efforts to stop the Village at Providence Point Development, which will destroy 28 acres of mature priority forest and wipe out the meadows and wetlands of Crystal Spring Farm.

Through this partnership, we hope to gain continued public support for protecting this last, best place in Annapolis. We believe Crystal Spring farm and forest should be zoned as open space and made into protected land. It should be removed from the Annapolis Comprehensive Plan designation of “economic opportunity area” and reclassified as an “Environmental and Ecological Opportunity Area”, one that will combat climate change, preserve natural habitats and biodiversity, and help mitigate the environmental impacts of noise and pollution to nearby environmental justice communities.

Please help Crab Creek Conservancy and Friends of Crystal Spring Forest protect this last, best place in Annapolis. Go online to our fundraiser, or you can send donations to:

Crab Creek Conservancy, Inc.
1783 Forest Drive, Suite 109
Annapolis, MD 21401

Thank you,
The Friends of Crystal Spring Forest

The Issue

Crystal Spring Farm and Forest, at 110 acres, is the last, best unprotected refuge for wildlife in Annapolis. With 222 species of birds plus abundant deer, frogs, turtles and other wildlife, Crystal Spring Forest is the crown jewel of Annapolis' remaining open space. We don't need any more traffic, concrete, overcrowding, and pollution! We need this in-tact forest to help keep us cool and provide natural cleansing of our air and water. It is a rich, pandora-like world that until now has escaped developers' greedy vision. Straddling Crab Creek, which empties into the South River, Crystal Spring Forest helps keeps our watershed clean and healthy. For all of these reasons, Crystal Spring Forest deserves our protection!
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How You Can Help

Help us save  Crystal Spring Forest before it's gone forever. This special landscape is serving us all by providing clean air, clean water, and abundant space and habitat for wildlife.  It hosts 110 acres of unspoiled open space, including some of the largest remaining trees in Annapolis. We are striving to protect this area so future generations can feel the wonder of a wild forest and prevent the harms that a massive, mixed-use development will bring. Help save this vitally important resource. Tell the Mayor, the developers, and the city of Annapolis NO!
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