Daily Choices Stories
Water Daily Choices
Streams of Consciousness: Knowing Where Our Stormwater Goes
Many storm drains in Montgomery County lead straight to streams, which then feed into larger streams and rivers and eventually lead to the Chesapeake Bay.
Lawn & Garden Daily Choices
Flame weeding--a great replacement for herbicides!
Have pesky weeds in your patio or sidewalk cracks? Want to control weeds in mulched beds without herbicides? Try flame weeding, for an effective, chemical-free
Water Lawn & Garden Daily Choices
An interview with experts: Are backyard mosquito sprays safe and effective?
We get a lot of questions and concerns about backyard mosquito sprays. We interviewed two experts to learn more about the risks. Each year, more
Waste Reduction Daily Choices
You Can Help Prevent Trash Fires
Materials improperly placed into the trash can be significant fire hazards, capable of starting fires when: mixed in loads of waste in refuse collection trucks,
Water Waste Reduction Daily Choices
Plastic Free July
Choose to Refuse Single-Use Plastics The human population is producing and discarding plastic items at an alarming rate. Microplastics, those tiny pieces of plastic such
Water Daily Choices
Clean Water Art Contest Winners!
Every year we host an art contest to help us with educating Montgomery County residents on the importance of protecting our communities and local waters
Lawn & Garden Daily Choices
Make your own 50-cent, pesticide-free Mosquito Trap!
Hold the pesticide sprays! Did you know that most of those sprays being done by mosquito companies not only can harm you, kids. and pets,
Water Daily Choices
Montgomery County celebrates the Nation's largest estuary with Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week (June 6th-14th)
Bay Bridge From upstate New York to southern Virginia, and West Virginia’s panhandle to eastern Delaware, June 6th-14th is a time for us
Energy Daily Choices
Have you heard of the Buy Nothing Project?
The Buy Nothing Project allows people and communities to narrow the single-use materials or stuff that have never been used to other working hands, through
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