Eyes of Paint Branch Upcoming Events
| Tuesday, September 10, 2002 Primary Election Day Vote for the environment and for the Paint Branch! Local government has the greatest impact on our work and most races are decided in the primary election, so please remember to vote! |
| Saturday, September 28, 2002 Burtonsville Day • 10am to 3pm Join us in the Parade at 9:30am at Paint Branch High School or at our display at Columbia Park next to the Fairland Rec. Center. |
| Saturday, October 5, 2002 Walk the ICC Master Plan route in the Good Hope Sub-Watershed • 10am to noon This route would cross the Good Hope Tributary right where the primary spawning grounds of the wild trout are located. See first-hand how this alternative would destroy the most ecologically diverse area of the entire Paint Branch watershed; the heart of the Special Protection Area. Public officials and candidates will be specially invited to this walk. Meet at Drew Elementary School Directions: North on New Hampshire Ave., Right onto Cape May Rd., then right onto Good Hope Rd., right onto Twig Rd., right onto Cavendish Rd., right into Drew Elem. parking lot. |
| Sat. & Sun., October 12 & 13 Maryland Native Plant Society Annual Fall Conference "Native Plants, Natural Communities & Geology of the Fall Line of Maryland" • 9am to noon One of the field trips of this conference will be to the McKnew Bog of the Little Paint Branch watershed north of Fairland Regional Park. This area is threatened by the Fairland Golf Course Community proposal; details at: www.mdflora.org. |
| Saturday, November 9, 2002 Tree Planting Tree Planting with the Anacostia Watershed Society in the Upper Paint Branch watershed. Details in our next publication and on our web site calendar. |
| Thursday, November 14, 2002 EOPB Quarterly Public Meeting • 7:30 to 9pm Join us in discussing the health of the watershed and planning future EOPB activities. Time will available for public input on specific concerns. Location will be listed in our next publication and on our website calendar. |