FOCJCW has chosen the Cabin John Bridge as a symbol in the FOCJCW logo, because a "watershed" is defined as the entire drainage basin that flows to a given point, and the historic Cabin John Bridge (built in 1863) is located at the geographic point where all the water of the Cabin John CreekWatershed flows out of its watershed and into the Potomac River.
FOCJCW has chosen the Cabin John Bridge as a symbol in the FOCJCW logo, because a "watershed " is defined as the entire drainage basin that flows to a given point, and the historic Cabin John Bridge (built in 1863) is located at the geographic point where all the water of the Cabin John CreekWatershed flows out of its watershed and into the Potomac River.

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News and Calendar

FoCJCW/ICPRB/DEP Meeting
Thursday, Jan 19, 2011
7:00pm-9:00pm
Clara Barton Comm Ctr
7425 MacArthur Blvd
Cabin John, MD
Contact: Roy Seidenstein
Invasive Plant Removal
Sat-Sun Oct 22-23, 2011
Hillmead Park
Bradley Blvd
Contact: Steve Dryden
301 656-0049
Trail Rebuilding - Cabin John Bridge to Towpath
Saturday Oct 22, 2011
8am-noon
Cabin John Bridge (east side)
Contact: Jim Mahaffie 301 320-3488 or Chris Solloway 301 320-0247
How Greenwich Park is Saving CJ Creek &
Chem-Free Yard Tour
Sunday May 14, 2011
10am
Greenwich Park
8400 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD
Contact: Steve Dryden
301 656-0049
Area Cleanups
Sunday May 8, 2011
9:30am-noon
Playground near West side of Cabin John Bridge
Contact: Burr Gray
w: 703 607-2740
c: 240 753-5918
Sunday May 8, 2011
9:30am-11:30am
Locust Grove Nature Center parking lot
Contact: Dan Kulpinski
c: 301 758-9874
Saturday May 7, 2011
1pm-3pm
Robert McDonnell Campground
Contact: Rosie Perthel
240 316-2286
FOCJCW Organizational Meeting
Monday, Mar 14, 2011
7:30pm-9:30pm
Clara Barton Comm Ctr
7425 MacArthur Blvd
Cabin John, MD
Contact: Rosina Perthel
240 316-2286
Community Clean Water Summit
Saturday, Feb 26, 2011
8am-1:30pm
Great Hall, Silver Spring Civic Building
Ellsworth Dr & Fenton St
Remove Invasives at Hillmead Park
Monday, Jan 17, 2011
9am-noon
Hillmead Park, Bethesda
Contact: Steve Dryden
301 656-0049
Booze Creek Stream Restoration Project Walkthru
Wednesday May 12, 2010
6pm - 8pm
Helmsdale Rd & Selkirk Dr, Bethesda, MD
Contact: Craig Carson, DEP
w: 240-777-7713
Annual CJ Creek Cleanup
Saturday Apr 18, 2010
9:30am - noon
Playground near West side of Cabin John Bridge
Contact: Burr Gray
w: 703 607-2740
c: 240 753-5918
Volunteer to Coordinate Rain Garden
Clara Barton Community Center
Contact: Roy Seidenstein
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Briefing for CJC Sediment
Wednesday Jan 27 2010
10am - noon
Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe St, Rockville, MD
Front Page Coverage
Wednesday Dec 10, 2009
Gazette article on FOCJCW by Erin Donaghue
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Cabin John Creek is located in Montgomery County, Maryland. The creek flows through the communities of Rockville, Bethesda, Potomac and Cabin John and drains to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay.

The Friends of Cabin John Creek Watershed is a volunteer citizen group dedicated to the restoration, preservation and stewardship of the watershed. We invite you to explore this website to learn about the watershed and our activities.

 
Volunteers analyzing water chemistry, identifying macroinvertebrates, and having fun
at a Cabin John Creek stream monitoring program.
Inexpensive field microscope - weighs little since it's mostly plastic, uses natural light for illumination, and its low-power magnification is ideal for macroscopic-sized organisms.
Looks to us like a four-toed salamander - one indicator of a healthy creek!