Learn How St. Dunstan’s Rain Garden Helps the Environment

St. Dunstan’s Church
5450 Massachusetts Avenue, Dr, Bethesda, MD 20816

Join us to learn about how native plants and a rain garden are managing stormwater run-off at St. Dunstan’s Church. We will have experts from the Montgomery County RainScapes program (RaingScapes.org) on hand to explain how the native plants are working to keep the Little Falls creek clean and how you can use the same system in your yard to prevent flooding and stormwater runoff. Learn more about the St. Dunstan’s project HERE.

The Rain Garden show and tell is part of the annual St. Dunstan’s Fall Festival. So, come and enjoy the festival and learn about how you can manage stormwater at your home and attract pollinators, song birds and other wildlife. We’ve already seen humming birds visiting the St. Dunstan’s garden.

The project was made possible by a grant from the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection. The award funding is provided through the Montgomery County Water Quality Protection Fund.

Fall Stream Monitoring

Discover what creek critters live in the Little Falls Branch

LFWA monitors the Little Falls Branch four times a year - doing a biological census of the macro-invertebrates that live on the bottom of the creek. This count of benthic organisms - numbers of individuals and diversity - gives us a picture of the health of our creek. By mapping the data over the years, we have good assessment of how well our stream is surviving in our dense urban area. Our monitoring is done in partnership with Nature Forward (nee Audubon Naturalist Society).

This event is primarily for trained monitors. Before going into the field, new monitors should have a basic knowledge of macroinvertebrate identification and stream ecology, either from previous training or by attending the Nature Forward water quality training sessions. Please contact Sarah Morse, stormwater@LFWA.org, for information about the Nature Forward courses and volunteering.

Every fall, LFWA joins forces with the Westmoreland Hills Garden Club, the Town of Glen Echo and other area groups to clean the whole watershed. This first event is at Glen Echo. The other clean-ups are scheduled for next week.

Pre-approved for SSL hours for MCPS. Children under 14 must be accompanied by adult supervisor.

Glen Echo National Park
7300 MacArthur Blvd
Glen Echo, MD 20812

We will be cleaning the Minnehaha creek starting in Glen Echo. Park in the main Glen Echo Park Parking lot (at the corner of Oxford and MacArthur Blvd). The gathering point is on the eastern most end of the lot by the bridge which crosses the creek to the Park. Look for a sign-in table. This site is hosted by the Town of Glen Echo.

We have gloves and bags. Dress to get muddy or wet. We’ll be cleaning the creek and banks.

Pre-approved for SSL hours for MCPS. Children under 14 must be accompanied by adult supervisor.

Meeting location: Corner of Westport and Cortland Roads, Chevy Chase at the two big development signs.

Wondering what’s going on at the GEICO property? Join LFWA Board Member Mikel Moore for a walking tour of the environmental conditions and learn about our concerns with the EYA plan to redevelop the GEICO site. It’s so helpful to walk the area (outside of the demolition fence) and see where the edge of townhouse development will be, the impact of proposed changes to Brookdale Park, the trees that will be lost, the creek on the site, etc.

Tours are limited to 20 people.

Weather cancellations will be sent to registered email address addresses.

SEND AN EMAIL

Please consider sending a letter to the planning board expressing your dismay at the loss of trees after the tour.  You can send one directly from our website at 
https://www.lfwa.org/updates/email-now-save-the-geico-trees-save-brookdale-park

Meeting location: Corner of Westport and Cortland Roads, Chevy Chase at the two big development signs.

Wondering what’s going on at the GEICO property? Join LFWA Board Member Mikel Moore for a walking tour of the environmental conditions and learn about our concerns with the EYA plan to redevelop the GEICO site. It’s so helpful to walk the area (outside of the demolition fence) and see where the edge of townhouse development will be, the impact of proposed changes to Brookdale Park, the trees that will be lost, the creek on the site, etc.

Tours are limited to 20 people.

Weather cancellations will be sent to registered email address addresses.

SEND AN EMAIL

Please consider sending a letter to the planning board expressing your dismay at the loss of trees after the tour.  You can send one directly from our website at 
https://www.lfwa.org/updates/email-now-save-the-geico-trees-save-brookdale-park

Meeting location: Corner of Westport and Cortland Roads, Chevy Chase at the two big development signs.

Wondering what’s going on at the GEICO property? Join LFWA Board Member Mikel Moore for a walking tour of the environmental conditions and learn about our concerns with the EYA plan to redevelop the GEICO site. It’s so helpful to walk the area (outside of the demolition fence) and see where the edge of townhouse development will be, the impact of proposed changes to Brookdale Park, the trees that will be lost, the creek on the site, etc.

Tours are limited to 20 people.

Weather cancellations will be sent to registered email address addresses.

Meeting location: Corner of Westport and Cortland Roads, Chevy Chase at the two big development signs.

Wondering what’s going on at the GEICO property? Join LFWA Board Member Mikel Moore for a walking tour of the environmental conditions and learn about our concerns with the EYA plan to redevelop the GEICO site. It’s so helpful to walk the area (outside of the demolition fence) and see where the edge of townhouse development will be, the impact of proposed changes to Brookdale Park, the trees that will be lost, the creek on the site, etc.

Tours are limited to 20 people.

Weather cancellations will be sent to registered email address addresses.

Meeting location: Corner of Westport and Cortland Roads, Chevy Chase at the two big development signs.

Wondering what’s going on at the GEICO property? Join LFWA Board Member Mikel Moore for a walking tour of the environmental conditions and learn about our concerns with the EYA plan to redevelop the GEICO site. It’s so helpful to walk the area (outside of the demolition fence) and see where the edge of townhouse development will be, the impact of proposed changes to Brookdale Park, the trees that will be lost, the creek on the site, etc.

Tours are limited to 20 people.

Weather cancellations will be sent to registered email address addresses.

Meeting location: Corner of Westport and Cortland Roads, Chevy Chase at the two big development signs.

Wondering what’s going on at the GEICO property? Join LFWA Board Member Mikel Moore for a walking tour of the environmental conditions and learn about our concerns with the EYA plan to redevelop the GEICO site. It’s so helpful to walk the area (outside of the demolition fence) and see where the edge of townhouse development will be, the impact of proposed changes to Brookdale Park, the trees that will be lost, the creek on the site, etc.

Tours are limited to 20 people.

Weather cancellations will be sent to registered email address addresses.

Summer Stream Monitoring

Discover what creek critters live in the Little Falls Branch

LFWA monitors the Little Falls Branch four times a year - doing a biological census of the macro-invertebrates that live on the bottom of the creek. This count of benthic organisms - numbers of individuals and diversity - gives us a picture of the health of our creek. By mapping the data over the years, we have good assessment of how well our stream is surviving in our dense urban area. Our monitoring is done in partnership with Nature Forward (nee Audubon Naturalist Society).

This event is primarily for trained monitors. Before going into the field, new monitors should have a basic knowledge of macroinvertebrate identification and stream ecology, either from previous training or by attending the Nature Forward water quality training sessions. Please contact Sarah Morse, stormwater@LFWA.org, for information about the Nature Forward courses and volunteering.