Maryland

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the Department of the Interior’s projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Maryland. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $24 million in Maryland as part of the recovery plan signed by the President to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st Century.

Funding Overview

Maryland: $23,980,000

National Park Service: $7,269,000

Antietam: $731,000
- Pave Parking Areas & Driveways
- Preserve Historic Headstones
- Replace Administrative Building Roof
- Rehabilitate Snavely Ford Trail
Assateague Island: $908,000
- Install Fire Suppression Systems In Three Park Quarters
- Rehabilitate Sinepuxent District Boardwalks
Catoctin Mountain Park: $1,180,000
- Relocate Fueling Station to Camp Round Meadow Area (multiple projects)
- Repair and Replace Fire Hydrants
- Replace Failing Sections of Underground Electrical Distribution System (multiple projects)
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: $1,896,000
- Control Exotic Plants to Protect Natural Resources
- Expand Existing Boat Ramp and Improve Service Road, Brunswick, MD
- Repair Historic Lift Lock 22
- Replace Boat Ramp and Parking Area, Point of Rocks, MD
- Repoint Masonry of Historic Canal Locks in Watered Sections of the Canal
- Repair Historic Canal Towpath (multiple projects)
Fort McHenry NM and Historic Shrine: $736,000
- Improve Energy Efficiency and Environmental Quality in Two Historic Star Fort Buildings
- Install Fire Suppression System at Four Historic Star Fort Buildings
- Install Storm Windows and Shutters In Historic Star Fort Buildings (multiple projects)
- Repair Solar Lights on Entrance Road and In Parking Lot
Hampton: $872,000
Monocacy: $247,000
- Control Invasive Species to Protect Natural Resources (multiple projects)
- Repair and Repoint Foundation at Historic Baker Barn
- Repair Structure of Historic Baker Barn
- Replace Non-compliant Above-Ground Diesel Storage Tank
National Capital Parks - East: $699,000
- Repair and Repaint Shutters on Historic Officer's Quarters
- Repair Interior Finishes and Utilities at Historic Enlisted Men's Barracks
- Repair United States Park Police Substation, Greenbelt
- Replace Long Azalea Bridge at Greenbelt Park

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: $6,964,000

Eastern Neck NWR: $54,000
Patuxent Research Refuge: $6,910,000
- Rehabilitate infrastructure associated with Patuxent Facilities Modernization Plan; to be cost shared with $9 million amount from US Geological Survey. Planning and design work, demolish Stickell Hall, construct 1 residence.
- Replace Airport/Stables Gate for National Security
- Replace Bald Eagle Gate for National Security
- Replace Lake Allen Gate for National Security
- Replace National Wildlife Visitor Center Gate for National Security
- Replace Quarters 147 with Modular
- Replace Six (6) Gates at Perimeter Fence for National Security

U.S. Geological Survey: $9,747,000

Construction: $8,500,000
Data Preservation: $488,000
Deferred Maintenance: $455,000
Deferred Maintenance - Discontinued Streamgages, Cableways, Wells: $41,000
- Abandonment of Discontinued Ground Water Well 2
- Removal of Discontinued Cableway Station 1
- Removal of Discontinued Streamgage 10
- Removal of Discontinued Streamgage 2
Upgrade Streamgages: $263,000

Projects in Maryland

Complete Installation of Monitoring and Security System to Include All USGS Occupied Buildings on Center

Project Number: B20030002P C1
Bureau: U.S. Geological Survey
Unit: PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER
State: MD
Congressional District: 5
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Construct a Collections Storage Building to Replace Two Functionally Obsolete Facilities

Project Number: 150705
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Hampton
State: MD
Congressional District: 1
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Control Exotic Plants to Protect Natural Resources

Project Number: 109863
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Control Invasive Species to Protect Natural Resources (multiple projects)

Project Number: 138129
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Monocacy
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Data preservation of Bird Banding data, converting paper copy to digital

Project Number: N/A
Bureau: U.S. Geological Survey
Unit: Patuxent
State: MD
Congressional District: 5
Type of Project: Data Preservation

Expand Existing Boat Ramp and Improve Service Road, Brunswick, MD

Project Number: 153008
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Improve Energy Efficiency and Environmental Quality in Two Historic Star Fort Buildings

Project Number: 62183
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Fort McHenry NM and Historic Shrine
State: MD
Congressional District: 3
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Install Fire Suppression System at Four Historic Star Fort Buildings

Project Number: 150684
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Fort McHenry NM and Historic Shrine
State: MD
Congressional District: 3
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Install Fire Suppression Systems In Three Park Quarters

Project Number: 135828
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Assateague Island
State: MD
Congressional District: 1
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Install Storm Windows and Shutters In Historic Star Fort Buildings (multiple projects)

Project Number: 150645
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Fort McHenry NM and Historic Shrine
State: MD
Congressional District: 3
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Pave Parking Areas & Driveways

Project Number: 44536
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Antietam
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Phase 3 of Construction of New Facility & Disposal of Assets

Project Number: B2009P001P C1
Bureau: U.S. Geological Survey
Unit: PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER
State: MD
Congressional District: 5
Type of Project: Construction

Preserve Historic Headstones

Project Number: 141159
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Antietam
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Rehabilitate infrastructure associated with Patuxent Facilities Modernization Plan; to be cost shared with $9 million amount from US Geological Survey. Planning and design work, demolish Stickell Hall, construct 1 residence.

Project Number: 2009923372
Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Unit: Patuxent Research Refuge
State: MD
Congressional District: 3
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Rehabilitate Sinepuxent District Boardwalks

Project Number: 114302
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Assateague Island
State: MD
Congressional District: 1
Type of Project: Trails Maintenance and Construction

Rehabilitate Snavely Ford Trail

Project Number: 27541
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Antietam
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Trails Maintenance and Construction

Relocate Fueling Station to Camp Round Meadow Area (multiple projects)

Project Number: 138023
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Catoctin Mountain Park
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Repair and Repaint Shutters on Historic Officer's Quarters

Project Number: 151199
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: National Capital Parks - East
State: MD
Congressional District: 4
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Repair and Replace Fire Hydrants

Project Number: 150630
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Catoctin Mountain Park
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Repair and Repoint Foundation at Historic Baker Barn

Project Number: 146248
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Monocacy
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Repair Historic Lift Lock 22

Project Number: 50492
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Repair Interior Finishes and Utilities at Historic Enlisted Men's Barracks

Project Number: 150643
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: National Capital Parks - East
State: MD
Congressional District: 4
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Repair Solar Lights on Entrance Road and In Parking Lot

Project Number: 124661
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Fort McHenry NM and Historic Shrine
State: MD
Congressional District: 3
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Repair Structure of Historic Baker Barn

Project Number: 150153
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Monocacy
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Repair United States Park Police Substation, Greenbelt

Project Number: 78083
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: National Capital Parks - East
State: MD
Congressional District: 5
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Replace Administrative Building Roof

Project Number: 138322
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Antietam
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Replace Airport/Stables Gate for National Security

Project Number: 2008863485
Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Unit: Patuxent Research Refuge
State: MD
Congressional District: 3
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Replace Bald Eagle Gate for National Security

Project Number: 2008863473
Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Unit: Patuxent Research Refuge
State: MD
Congressional District: 3
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Replace Boat Ramp and Parking Area, Point of Rocks, MD

Project Number: 153007
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Replace Entrance Road Culverts

Project Number: 94105190
Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Unit: Eastern Neck NWR
State: MD
Congressional District: 1
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Replace Failing Sections of Underground Electrical Distribution System (multiple projects)

Project Number: 149747
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Catoctin Mountain Park
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Replace Lake Allen Gate for National Security

Project Number: 2008863486
Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Unit: Patuxent Research Refuge
State: MD
Congressional District: 3
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Replace Long Azalea Bridge at Greenbelt Park

Project Number: 151602
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: National Capital Parks - East
State: MD
Congressional District: 5
Type of Project: Trails Maintenance and Construction

Replace National Wildlife Visitor Center Gate for National Security

Project Number: 2008863466
Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Unit: Patuxent Research Refuge
State: MD
Congressional District: 3
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Replace Non-compliant Above-Ground Diesel Storage Tank

Project Number: 149801
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Monocacy
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Replace Quarters 147 with Modular

Project Number: 1113326
Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Unit: Patuxent Research Refuge
State: MD
Congressional District: 3
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Replace Six (6) Gates at Perimeter Fence for National Security

Project Number: 3126512
Bureau: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Unit: Patuxent Research Refuge
State: MD
Congressional District: 3
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

Repoint Masonry of Historic Canal Locks in Watered Sections of the Canal

Project Number: 74900
Bureau: National Park Service
Unit: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
State: MD
Congressional District: 6
Type of Project: Deferred Maintenance

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Maryland

Funding Overview

Maryland: $23,980,000

Projects in Maryland

DOI Recovery Investments by Bureau