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Ms. Wanda Y MacLachlan
Senior Agent, Agriculture & Natural Resources
Central Maryland UME
Senior Agent, Agriculture & Natural Resources
Baltimore County
Wanda MacLachlan, Area Educator, Environmental Management, now works in the area of urban nutrient management focusing on residential water quality issues. Although she works with urban, suburban and rural homeowners statewide, she concentrates her efforts in Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery Counties and Baltimore City. Her ultimate goal is to have citizens reduce the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and pesticides they contribute to their local streams, rivers and eventually, the Chesapeake Bay. Bay-Wise landscape management is the name of the program she has created to address this water quality issue; topics covered include IPM, efficient fertilizer and pesticide use, composting, water conservation and proper plant selection. Wanda conducts volunteer training and homeowner classes, writes Bay-Friendly fact sheets and is now working to bring a Master Naturalist program to Maryland.
She has been with Extension since 1984, starting in Baltimore City as the urban agriculture agent. In 1992, during budget cuts, she was transferred to Montgomery County where she worked as the commercial horticulture agent. In 1995, she switched over to her current position.
Area of Expertise:
Residential Landscape Mgt., Bay-Wise Landscape Mgt., Conservation Landscaping
Learn more about Ms. MacLachlan at http://www.baywise.umd.edu