Volunteers are needed to help plant trees. You need not bring anything unless you have favorite work gloves and shovel.

Please remember to wear clothes and shoes that may get dirty and to bring your own drinking water.

10/25 9am-12pm Smithsburg Town Lot at the Corner of Geiser Way and N Main Street:  Rain date Sunday 10/26. 40 trees, pre-dug No formal address. Use this pin: https://maps.app.goo.gl/8vH2c2nRhiGY39At9
Park at Smithsburg Elementary School (67 N Main St, Smithsburg, MD 21783), then walk down N Main Street to the planting area. Special notes: Sign in and get tools by the parked Maryland Forest Service truck at the planting location. Wear long sleeves and long pants, as we will be planting a lot of eastern red cedar which can sometimes irritate the skin.

Volunteers are needed to help plant trees. You need not bring anything unless you have favorite work gloves and shovel.

Please remember to wear clothes and shoes that may get dirty and to bring your own drinking water.

10/15 4pm-6pm Leitersburg Ruritan Park: 12 trees, pre-dug holes Meet at 21427 Leiter St, Hagerstown, MD 21742. Sign in and get tools under the park pavilion. 

Help collect American Plums for the MD State Tree Nursery to raise seedlings for future plantings.

Supplies provided

Come when you can, leave when you must.

The American Plum grove is behind the New Market Elementary School,

93 West Main Street, New Market, MD

Contact Delaney Curran, DNR Tree Planting Specialist with questions

PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION
Spread the word, especially to North End Hagerstown Residents.

July 14th 5-6:30pm

Public Input Needed for Hamilton Run Restoration Efforts
Catoctin Land Trust will be joined by State of Maryland officials as well as representatives from the City of Hagerstown to review and comment on the plans for mitigating flooding on Hamilton Run and Northern Avenue in Hagerstown.
RSVP for the Meeting HERE

Celebrate the release of the first Antietam Watershed Report Card and an opportunity for community members to meet various organizations and environmental stewardship practitioners.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.

Watershed report cards are powerful tools used around the world to describe ecosystem status, increase public awareness, and inform decision makers. The Antietam Watershed Report Card assesses ecosystem health of the Antietam and the land (in Maryland) that drains into the Creek using nine indicators in three categories. The report card was developed by ACWA, BCWA, and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES).

Attend the event to receive your copy of the report card, learn how the watershed’s grade was determined, and hear about projects planned to help improve our report card grade. We will also announce new State Whole Watershed Act Funding to assist with Antietam Watershed restoration projects.

After the presentations, community members can visit with environmental stewardship practitioners who will offer suggestions to improve your land use practices and explain funding sources available to complete stewardship projects. For example:  property owners can learn how to create sustainable landscaping in their own yards, discuss funding for large- and small-scale tree plantings, and consider healthier agricultural practices to protect soil and water quality.

Stewardship Practitioners will include:

·       Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Maryland Grazers Network Representative

·       Heart of Maryland/Catoctin Land Trust Representatives

·       MD DNR Forest Service Tree Planting Specialists

·      Potomac Riverkeeper Network - Upper Potomac Riverkeeper

·       Washington County Master Gardener Bay-Wise Coordinators

·       Washington County Stormwater & Watershed Services Department

·       Washington Couty Soil Conservation District Representatives

Schedule:

3 pm Doors Open of the Beaver Creek School Event Center

3:30 pm Report Card Presentation & Whole Watershed Funding Announcement

4-6:30 pm Community Reception and Open Stewardship Practitioner Tables

Come when you can, leave when you must.

Hosted by the Antietam-Conococeheague Watershed Alliance (ACWA) &
the Beaver Creek Watershed Association (BCWA)

RSVP not required, but helps us plan. Thank you!