Ben Alder

Principal and Founder
Broker of Record - Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia
| 443-865-1344

Since 1997, the focus of Ben’s career has been in the natural resources field. During his studies at The George Washington University, he completed bachelors degrees in Environmental Science and Biology and completed course work for his Master of Arts in Environmental Resource Policy. During his time at GW, Ben lived and worked on Vancouver Island as part of a work-study program focused on natural resource management in the Pacific Northwest. Following this experience, he worked on Capitol Hill on a range of issues related to wetland conservation for Ducks Unlimited. Ben’s tenure with DU expanded to the field when DU’s Chesapeake Bay Initiative was started in 1998. For seven years Ben delivered water quality and wildlife conservation programs on private land throughout the 5-state Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Ben’s experience working with land use, agricultural management and wildlife conservation has provided a unique platform for his land brokerage practice today. In 2011, he started building what is today The Land Group. Ben is The Land Group’s Broker of Record in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and Pennsylvania. To date, Ben’s brokerage experience over the last 18 years has involved him in more than 100,000 acres of transactional land brokerage.

Ben’s background in land conservation has given him experience restoring wildlife habitat and implementing conservation easements throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Today, Ben and his family live on a historic farm along tidal waters of the Chesapeake Bay in Somerset County, Maryland.

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15520 Lankford Highway, Bloxom, VA 23308

Listing ID: 6900A000013400

Price: $60000

Status: active

Acres: 20

20 acres of timber located off of Lankford Highway just north of Nelsonia. Timber is a healthy mix of hardwoods and mature pine. Property seems to have a strong presence of non tidal wetlands. The base zoning is Residential and Agriculture. Buyers to perform their own due diligence on building feasibility. 
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0 Baxter Rd, Sudlersville, MD 21668

Listing ID: 01-011871

Price: $525000

Status: active

Acres: 52

52+/- acre farm located on the corners of Baxter Rd and Bolton Woods Rd in Sudlersville, MD. The property consists of 34+/- acres of tillable ground and 18+/- acres of timber. Soils are primarily ingleside sandy loam.
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0 Bucktown Road, Cambridge, MD 21613

Listing ID: 13-001634

Price: $520000

Status: active

Acres: 59.03

±59-acre farm located on the east side of Indian Bone Rd in Cambridge, MD features approximately ±49 acres of tillable land and ±10 acres of mature timber. Located between the Transquaking River and Blackwater River, this farm is a great opportunity for conservation and recreation. Soils consists primarily of Mattapex Silt Loam on the north side of the property and Hambrook Loam towards the south. The wooded bottom on the southwestern corner of the property offers habitat for Turkey, Whitetail, and Sika while also acting as a buffer for the rest of the farm. Farm is not encumbered with any conservation easements. DO NOT ENTER PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE LAND GROUP.
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0 Cool Spring Rd, Marydel, MD 21649

Listing ID: 01-005944

Price: $899000

Status: active

Acres: 197

Cool Spring Sporting Property is approximately 197+/- acres.  A deed abstract calls for approximately 200 acres (See attached Deed Review).  The Perpetual Deed of Easement calls for 182 acres of the parent deed to be enrolled in conservation.  Located south of Marydel, MD in the village of Henderson, the land runs North and South along Cool Spring Road and North to Northeast along Marvel Road.  In 2009, the landowner was approached by a conservation consulting group to enroll in the Wetland Reserve Program or WRP (Later renamed WRE) .  Over the next three years, staff at USDA and other partners worked to enroll, design and implement the restoration of the hydrology of the farm and several seasonal wetlands scattered around the farm.  This part of the Caroline County landscape is traditionally known for the presence of delmarva bays.  These shallow ponds appear on agricultural lands throughout the county and in recent years crop production encouraged the draining of these palustrine wetlands.   There are 12 seasonal wetland ponds on the property, as well as Cool Springs Branch running through the north side of the farm.  The land tract is protected in this conservation easement under WRE perpetually.  The environment created by these wetlands provides important habitat to many species of flora and fauna.  The wildlife for both the upland game and migratory waterfowl is demonstrated through the increased habitat use the farm has witnessed.  
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Featured Property

30309 Rehobeth Rd, Marion Station, MD 21838

Listing ID: 03-037460

Price: $780000

Status: active

Acres: 18

Presenting Lankford House.  At the headwaters of the Marumsco Creek lies this historic farm on 18 acres. The traditional white clapboard-sided home is a quinesential Eastern Shore telescope farmhouse.  The farmhouse dates back in part of its construction to the mid-19th Century (1834-1840).  The homeplace is improved with several barns and a pond side cottage.  The private setting, tree lined drive way and surrounding farmland along the Marumsco Creek has a true sense of place to the Lankford House.   The farm dates back to late 1600's when it was known as Hignut's Choice.  Much time and life have passed over this land.  Today, the home is fully modernized to the 21st Century, while its setting and presence calls back to an earlier period of American history.  Land & Improvements Lankford House 2090+/- sqft 3.32 acres in ag land 11+/- acres of timber Homsite and Barnyard 4 Acres Polebarn and Equipment Shed Two Bay Garage Potting Shed  Cottage with Loft   
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