ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND — The Maryland Board of Public Works on Sept. 2, 2026, approved a modification to Tidal Wetlands License No. 23-0585 for Ort Farms LLLP on the Tred Avon River at Oxford.

The wetlands administrator’s item, with Maryland Department of the Environment concurrence, updates the work address, increases sand containment sills and fill area, expands marsh creation, and adds measures to safeguard nearby oyster leases. The numbers on the shore. The revised license lists wetlands created at 118,434 square feet and wetlands enhanced at 29,936 square feet.

The original May 15, 2024, approval had created 32,286 square feet with the same 29,936 square feet enhanced. Purpose language stays shoreline-erosion control: low-profile stone containment sills, low-profile stone edging, a riprap revetment, sand fill and grading, and marsh plantings. New conditions called out in the Sept. 2 revision include notifying leaseholders before construction starts and a restriction against disturbing oyster-lease corner markers, alongside time-of-year limits, marsh-maintenance plan acceptance, Phragmites eradication, and a ban on asphalt rubble in the revetment. MDE’s application file shows receipt Jan. 2, 2026; the public comment period ended July 15, 2026; MDE’s report and recommendation is dated Aug. 10, 2026. Same BPW wetlands batch also approved two other Talbot licenses under Item 6: Jack Meyerhoff (#26-0083) for a pier, boatlift, and stone edging on the Miles River at Easton, and Thomas E. James Jr. (#26-0289) for a stone revetment and containment sill with beach nourishment and a storm-drain pipe replacement on the Chesapeake Bay at Tilghman.