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MWS president wins prestigous award
Mattawoman Watershed Society president Dr. Jim Long received the prestigious Carl S. Weber award at the
20th annual conference of the Maryland Water Monitoring Council. The award
honors an individual ...
Posted Dec 14, 2014, 6:35 PM by mattawomanwatershed@hotmail.com
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Chesapeake Bay Agreement signed
In a historic first, land use and climate change were recognized as threats to the Chesapeake Bay when the governors of six states and the mayor of the District of ...
Posted Jun 28, 2014, 11:22 AM by mattawomanwatershed@hotmail.com
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MWS wins Most Beautiful Tent award at ArtsFest 2014
Volunteers for the Mattawoman Watershed Society were surprised when a committee with the Charles County Arts Alliance arrived at their tent on June 7 to deliver the 1st Place award ...
Posted Jun 8, 2014, 2:44 PM by mattawomanwatershed@hotmail.com
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Governor signs Maryland Wildands bill!
May 15 signing nearly doubles Wildand acreage, the first expansion in twelve years.Wildlands offer Maryland's strongest level of protection to enhance the value and sustainability of the "best ...
Posted May 24, 2014, 6:58 PM by mattawomanwatershed@hotmail.com
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MWS presents at 7th Stream Roundtable
The Mattawoman Watershed Society presented "Citizen Monitoring Activities" at the 7th Stream Roundtable held in Annopolis on February 27, 2014. The roundtable is sponsored by the Maryland Water Monitoring Council ...
Posted Mar 3, 2014, 9:07 AM by mattawomanwatershed@hotmail.com
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MWS participates at River Herring Workshop
On February, 6, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center held a workshop on the conservation and monitoring of River Herring in the Chesapeake Bay. MWS provided a history of spawning-usage ...
Posted Feb 9, 2014, 4:24 AM by mattawomanwatershed@hotmail.com
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MWS Accepted into the Herring Alliance
The Herring Alliance, a coalition working to protect wildlife and ecosystems along the Atlantic Coast, has accepted the Mattawoman Watershed Society as a member organization. Founded by the Pew Environmental ...
Posted Jan 18, 2014, 9:03 AM by mattawomanwatershed@hotmail.com
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Maryland Native Plant Society Conservation Watch
Much of the land that sheds water to Mattawoman, and the waters themselves, still harbor remarkable plant communities. As outlined in this MNPS article, all is threatened by a poor ...
Posted Jan 1, 2014, 9:03 AM by mattawomanwatershed@hotmail.com
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Salty freshwater streams?!
Winter brings on the use of salty road treatments for safety. Recent research shows that rivers and streams are saltier as a result. This may explain why fewer River Herring ...
Posted Dec 22, 2013, 7:31 AM by mattawomanwatershed@hotmail.com
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Bass anglers testify for Mattawoman
At the Oct. 29th hearing, bass anglers brought their boats to show how concerned they were for the future of Mattawoman Creek. Included were Scott Sewell, Conservation Director of Maryland ...
Posted Jan 18, 2014, 8:17 AM by mattawomanwatershed@hotmail.com
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Returning Charles County Streams and Rivers to Health
Port Tobacco River Conservancy
Kirk Mantay, Watershed
Restoration Director of the South River Federation, describes restoration efforts on Church Creek, and how the same
practices can improve Charles County's watersheds. Light refreshments will be served.
Once There Were Billions--vanished birds of North America
Through June 2015
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History & the garden at the Castle
Martha,
the last passenger pigeon on the planet, succumbed on Sept. 1, 1914.
This exhibit commemorates the 100th anniversary of this stunning
extinction, when a part of the sky did, in fact, fall.
Martha is exhibited for the 1st time in 15 years, along with displays examining the Great Auk, Carolina Parakeet, and Heath Hen.
As part of the project, sculptures of Todd McGrain's Lost Bird Project are also on display through March 15, 2015. Photos and links here.
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