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Patapsco Valley State Park is a Maryland state park extending along of the Patapsco River to the south and west of the city of Baltimore.〔 The park encompasses multiple developed recreational areas on over of land. In 2006, it was officially celebrated as Maryland's first state park.〔 ==History== ;20th century Formation of the park started with provisions in the Forestry Act of 1906. The completion of Bloede's Dam in 1906 required the implementation of protections to prevent silting from nearby farm erosion. Patapsco Valley State Park was established as Patapsco State Forest Reserve in 1907 to protect the valley's forest and water resources.〔 The first 43 acres were donated by Russell Sage Foundation director John Mark Glenn (1858-1950) from his Hilton estate.〔 In 1912, Maryland delegate Carville Benson promoted expanding the Patapsco Forest Reserve as a park to support his suburban development initiatives.〔 As other sections along the river were added, Patapsco Valley State Park became one of the largest parks in Maryland. In 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps opened State Park Project 2 work camps 336 and 356 at the park. CCC workers created recreational facilities and performed tree plantings for erosion control and silt management around the dam from adjacent overworked farms.〔 Keeping the shores and hillsides vegetated minimized erosion, thus minimizing the amount of silt that could clog the turbines of Bloede's Dam which generated electricity for surrounding communities. On May 15, 1941, the camp was converted to the nation's first Civilian Public Service conscientious objector camp, with 26 men and three women〔 required to serve for one year, a term that was extended as the United States entered World War II.〔 ;21th century In 2014, Howard County and Baltimore County〔 approved the Patapsco Heritage Greenway, Inc. management plan〔 for the Patapsco Heritage Area with includes a portion of the Patapsco Valley State Park.〔〔 In 2015, 24.6 square miles which includes a portion of the Patapsco Valley State Park, was certified as the Maryland’s 13th Heritage Area by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. The Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club opposed the project out of concern of additional development on the valuable land, of which the Maryland Department of Natural Resources would be the approving authority.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patapsco Valley State Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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