Mission & History
About Queen Anne's Conservation Association
The Mission of the Queen Anne's Conservation Association (QACA) is to promote stewardship of our natural resources, and to protect the rural character and small towns of the county.
To achieve QACA's vision of productive farms, safe and prosperous towns surrounded by belts of green, clean waterways and abundant wildlife, the association educates and organizes citizens, to monitor development proposals and to litigate government decisions that compromise our quality of life.
Through our many community advocacy projects we have established a reputation for competent, professional advocacy on behalf of the citizens we support.
History of Queen Anne's Conservation Association
In 1970 a group of concerned residents in Kent and Queen Anne's County formed the not-for-profit association "Kent-Queen Anne's Conservation Association". The Association's Articles of Incorporation specified its purpose . . . to oppose, any plan, or part of a plan proposed which is deemed to be inimical to the best interests of the citizens of the Counties . . . to do all and any manner of thing to take all and any manner of action which is intended to create and maintain an environment in the Counties which encourages man's biological prosperity, social cooperation and spiritual stimulation . . .
In 1977, the bi-county association was reorganized and Queen Anne's Conservation Association was formed. The Association organized residents of Queen Anne's County to oppose plans to construct a nuclear power plant outside of Centreville. They published and distributed to residents a comprehensive guide about the county's water resources, to raise awareness of the threats to aquifer water supplies. Though the Association was formed as an advocacy group, it did not initiate any legal action until the mid-90s when it filed with the Horsehead Wetland Center/Wildfowl Trust of North America a complaint against the County's transfer of development rights program.
Currently the County's oldest conservation advocacy organization, QACA has for nearly 40 years, promoted moderate and planned growth to protect our small towns, farms, waterways and open space.
