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April Showers Bring Stormwater (Super)Powers!
Stormwater facilities are like super sponges! As spring rain begins to fall, you may have noticed that many raingardens, bioretentions, and dry ponds have a significant amount of standing water
Show Your Stormwater Management Practices a Little Love!
Show Your Stormwater Management Practices a Little Love! Is your rain garden looking a little lonely? Have you not been spending enough time with your conservation landscape? Would your bioretention
Green Inventors Challenge
Green Inventors from Local High Schools Present Projects to Address Environmental Problems Student teams from seven county high schools participated in the first annual Green Inventors Challenge on Jan. 29,
How to Safely Apply Salt in the Winter
We are all familiar with the crunch of salt underfoot after a snowstorm in Montgomery County. But where does this salt go after the snow and ice has melted? What
That’s a Lot of Dirt!: The ‘Scoop’ on Pond Dredging
Valley Park pond is located in Damascus, Great Seneca Creek watershed, Magruder Branch stream valley. Stormwater Ponds: The Unsung Heroes of Clean Water The process of removing dirt from a
Tips for a Green Winter: Maintaining Stormwater Gardens and Other Facilities
Tips for a Green Winter Give Your Pollinator Neighbors a Holiday Hideaway The characteristic crunching of leaves are the first sounds of winter. In the fall, we ask that you
Clean Water Montgomery Project Tour: Taking Action and Ownership of Our Streams
Taking Action and Ownership of Our Streams Last week, the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Chesapeake Bay Trust (the Trust), county delegates from District 15 and 16, and
Glenmont Forest: Greener Communities, Cleaner Water
Greener Communities, Cleaner Water Looking at a Green Street project for the first time, you might assume it’s nothing more than pretty landscaping. But it’s what you can’t see–what lies
