2005

Water quality monitoring at various locations throughout the Cabin John Creek Watershed:

Saturday Morning, April 16, 9:30 - noon,
Sunday Afternoon, April 17, 1-3:30 pm.
To register, please contact Patricia Dickey at duundich1983@yahoo.com

2004

• Public Meeting on DEP's Cabin John Watershed Restoration Study, July 14, 2004, 7:00 - 9:30 pm, Clara Barton Community Center, 7425 MacArthur Blvd.

• Please contact Barbara Harrison at bharrison@kreative.net or 703-478-9298 to Register for April 17th or 18th Monitoring, and/or April 24th Cleanup.

• Contacts for April 24th Cleanups have been posted. Please contact the individual listed for the particular location that you are willing to help clean up. If you wish to start a new site, please contact Burr Gray at burr.gray@alum.dartmouth.org.

• No registration required to attend the May 19th Group Meeting to discuss past and future of FOCJCW. Everyone welcome! Wednesday May 19th, Clara Barton Community Center.

2003

• Sunday, October 18, 9-10:30 AM: Recruitment & Training Session for New Members -- Locust Grove Nature Center, 7777 Democracy Boulevard, Cabin John, MD

• Saturday & Sunday, October 18 & 19: Water Quality Monitoring at various sites throughout watershed. Saturday 11 am - 1 pm+, Sunday 1-3 pm.

  2002

• Stream Monitoring
  SATURDAY APRIL 5, 9:30-11:30 AM
  SATURDAY APRIL 5, Noon-2:00 PM -- Watershed Exhibit at Seven Locks Elementary School (intersection of Seven Locks Road & Bradley Blvd)
  SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1:00-3:00 PM
  For more info: Contact Roy Seidenstein at focjcw@eathlink.net or (W) 301/320-9880.

• Trash Cleanup
  SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 9:30-12:00 NOON
  SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1:00-3:00 PM.
  For detailed information.

• Saturday, October 19, 2002, (9:30 - 11:30 am) & Sunday, October 20, 1:00 - 3:00 pm) -- Creek Monitoring: As part of National Water Monitoring Day (in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act) we will monitor using both our usual IWLA benthic macro-invertebrate protocol and the official NWMD water chemistry kits. We are also adding two new sites in Rockville, for a total of ten sites throughout the watershed.

• Saturday, April 27, 9:30 am – Creek Cleanup: Trash cleanups are planned in several locations along Cabin John Creek.

• Tuesday, April 23, 7:30 pm – Creek Meeting: There will be a meeting at the Clara Barton Community Center at the corner of MacArthur Blvd and 75th Street in Cabin John, MD. A representative from the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission will speak about WSSC’s plans for maintenance of the sewer along the creek. We have also invited DEP to present the current status of their restoration project, but DEP hasn’t confirmed yet.
• Saturday, April 20, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm – Creek Monitoring: We will be conducting our regular monitoring, plus collecting samples for the State DNR Stream Waders Program. Please don’t RSVP now; we will send another e-mail in early April requesting RSVPs at that time.
• Saturday, March 23, 9:00 am – Rockville Sewer Stream Walk: We will look at potential alignments for the planned City of Rockville sewer upgrade and potential restoration areas. If interested in attending, please contact Pam Rowe at 301/315-6520 or pamelarowe@ci.rockville.md.us.