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Sligo Creek Golf Course continues operation for now. Bruce Sidwell, FoSC president, provides an update on the Sligo Golf Course.
- posted Feb 5 |
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Ed Murtagh and Kathy Michels report on sediment control problems at a construction site in Wheaton.
- Jan 30 |
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Ed Murtagh reports on a stormwater club formed by students, parents, DEP and Friends of Sligo Creek.
- Jan 28 |
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A list of the achievements of Friends of Sligo Creek in the past year.
- Jan 22 |
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Restoration plan for the Sligo Creek subwatershed developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, along with partners at the state and local levels.
- Jan 8 |
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Ed Murtagh has updated the action log entry "LID Practices at Northwood High School".
- updated Dec 30 |
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Ed Murtagh has updated the web page on the trail project that spans the Sligo and NW Branch watersheds. Over 60 volunteers participated in the cleanup.
- updated Nov 30 |
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Wondering what to give as a gift that will last a lifetime? Gift donations to save trees from the threat of non-native invasive plant species are now available through Montgomery County Weed Warriors. Click above for more information.
- posted Nov 25 |
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Ellen X. Silverberg has documented the Oct 24 Fall Nature Outing led by Stephanie Mason, senior naturalist at the Audubon Naturalist Society.
- posted Nov 14 |
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Rita Ferrara has contributed an album of photos she took recently of the wood ducks that have been on the storm drainage ponds near Forest Glen Road.
- posted Nov 9 |
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Sally Gagné has created a photo record of 22 species of dragonflies and damselflies. The photos were taken in Sligo and Wheaton parks and in West Virginia.
- posted Nov 7 |
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Marty Ittner deals with the question, "What to do about homeless living in our park?"
- posted Nov 1 |
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Photos of the Friends of Sligo Creek Celebration held at Dennis Ave Rec Center on Sunday, October 4.
- posted Oct 10 |
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Our eighth annual "Sweep the Creek" event was a great success - 300 volunteers and 250 bags of trash
- posted Sep 29 |
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Michael Wilpers, Natural History chair, has created this checklist from John Parrish's Native Plant Inventory.
- posted Sep 25 |
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The Board of Friends of Sligo Creek is not now taking a formal position explicitly advocating for a deer culling program in Sligo Creek Park. Click above for a full explanation.
- posted Sep 16 |
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Jason Hall, Sligo watershed resident and research entomologist with the Smithsonian Institution, has compiled a checklist of 45 species of butterflies for section 3 of Sligo Creek Park (Maple Ave to Piney Branch Rd)
- posted Sep 8 |
