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The Eyes of Paint Branch is a grassroots organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, and restoring the Paint Branch and its watershed. This newsleter was published with funding from the Environmental Proection Agency's Chesapeak Bay Small Watershed Grant Program, administered ny the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Annual memberships in Eyes of Paint Branch are $15 for individuals, and $25 for families. Funding for this newsletter came from a grant from the Silver Creek Foundataion. Funding for our watershed advocacy depends on dues and contributions. Help preserve, protect, and restore the Paint Branch by sending a tax-deductible check today to: EOPB P.O.Box 4464 Silver Spring, MD 20914-4464 For information or to volunteer, please contact the officers below.
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Rainy Walk Reveals the Biological Diversity of the Paint Branch Mainstem ...
By Laura Appelbaum A steady downpour revealed more than it concealed from the dozen area residents who donned their best raingear and accompanied local botanist John Parrish on a five-hour walk, sponsored by Eyes of Paint Branch, through the Mainstem section of the Paint Branch on May 26, 2001. Full Story Ferns Native to the Paint Branch Gorge Full Story Mills of the PaintBranch Video Would you believe that there were four working mills along the Paint Branch between Fairland Road and Randolph Road, dating from 1723 to the 1930s? Full Story Good Hope Bird Walk Yields 43 Species On May 5, 2001, some twenty lucky birdwatchers accompanied local birder Norm Saunders, a past-president of the Maryland Ornithological Society, on a bird walk sponsored by the Eyes of Paint Branch. Despite overcast skies... Full Story Army Corps Begins Major Stream Restoration The Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), in cooperation with the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), initiated a major restoration project on the Paint Branch this past June. Full Story SHA Studying Potential Widening of Route 198 The State Highway Administration (SHA) has started studying how to widen Rt. 198 between Rt. 29 and Rt.28. Full Story DEP Retrofitting Storm Water Management in Good Hope In May the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) initiated construction of a stormwater management pond to control the runoff from approximately 70 acres of developed area in the upper Good Hope watershed. Full Story Little Paint Branch Threatened by Golf Course Developments The headwaters area of the Little Paint Branch, the largest tributary of the Paint Branch, is being seriously threatened by two golf course community developments. Full Story Twenty-second Year of Natural Trout Reproduction Once again the Paint Branch wild brown trout have successfully reproduced, according to Charlie Gougeon, a fisheries biologist with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Full Story New CD of Anacostia Music Full Story Praisner recognized for contributions to Maydale Nature Center Full Story Eyes of Paint Branch Upcoming Events View the entire Eyes of Paint Branch Spring 2001 Newsletter |
