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November 24, 2014
Seasonal
Stormwater Management And The Thanksgiving Feast
For many years, I guest lectured in a course entitled “The Politics of Conservation”. My role was to describe the local government environmental agenda to a class of undergraduates who, like most average folks, were pretty naïve as to the workings of government in general. Yet, knowing the importance of the how and why we at the local level conduct our business, I always started my lecture by... Read more
October 2, 2014
Volunteering
Backyard Art
A few weeks back I had the good fortune to visit Ireland for the first time. What I heard was true, the scenery was spectacular. While I certainly got my fill of rolling country, stone walls, and hilltop castles; being a stream guy, I have to admit I was in awe of the pristine, text book examples of healthy streams throughout Ireland - vegetated banks, accessible flood plain,... Read more
August 1, 2014
Volunteering
Residents Spring In To Action: Spring Stream ReLeaf 2011
What an exciting season it was for Stream ReLeaf!
This season saw a jump in demand for the ReLeaf program – with three dozen residents planting over 1,300 trees and shrubs. With each of those 1,300 plants that were installed, the environment benefits. How? In immeasurable ways, but let’s start off with some of the biggies:
Stream buffers help prevent streambank erosion.
The vegetation traps... Read more
August 1, 2014
Volunteering
Hot Tire Haulin’
The forecast called for 97 degrees by 11 a.m. – ugh. The hottest day of the year, and what was on my agenda? Hauling tires out of a river with volunteers. Well, quite a bit of planning had gone into it, so what else was there to do but pack a lot of water and get out there?
Yes, it was the hottest day of the summer, the day we could have had a blackout caused by heat. But Friday, July 22,... Read more
August 1, 2014
Volunteering
2012 20 Minute Cleanup Results
Well Howard County, you’ve amazed me again. The 2012 20 Minute Cleanup had over 2300 participants! They are over-used these days, but I think that deserves some extra exclamation points. All I can say is wow. And thank you.
Thank you for not being the only crazy one out there picking up other people’s litter. Thank you for getting outside and taking action. Thank you for participating,... Read more