For more than 15 years, eight descendants negotiated the fate of inherited land along the Maryland-Delaware border; a conservation deal has now permanently protected 181 acres of forest and wetlands across two states

• A conservation effort spanning more than 15 years has secured 181 acres of forests, wetlands and waterways along the Nanticoke River and Wright Creek, preserving ecologically significant land across Maryland and Delaware.
• The project, announced by the Nanticoke River Watershed Conservancy and Chesapeake Conservancy, brings together multiple generations of the Porter family, state conservation agencies and federal partners to protect the landscape from future development.