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Wade-Ins Evolve Into Popular Community EventsSince retired Maryland State Senator Bernie Fowler challenged Maryland’s Tributary Teams to conduct wade-ins in their watersheds back in 1997, the month of June has unofficially become the “Wade-In Month” across the State of Maryland. Many of the Tributary Teams have embraced the wade-in as their annual public education and outreach event and have strived to make it bigger and better each year. As a result, each watershed’s wade-in is evolving and establishing unique traditions while maintaining the core values of the “Sneaker Index.” Whatever the day and whichever the watershed, all of these wade-ins can be described by the word “fun.” 2008 Wade-In Schedule 5/10 -- Lower Potomac: Piney Point Lighthouse Festival 5/17 -- Lower Western Shore: Rhode / West River Wade-in and Kayak Race 5/17 -- Middle Potomac (MP) and Upper Potomac (UP) Canoe Trip 5/18 -- Patapsco-Back: Wade-in & Benefit Swim across the Patapsco 5/31 -- Lower Western Shore: Annapolis Creeks 6/7 -- Lower Western Shore: Annapolis Creeks 6/7 -- Upper Western Shore: Wade-in 6/7 -- Upper Eastern Shore: Annual Wade-in 6/8 -- Patuxent River: Bernie Fowler Annual Wade-in 6/10 -- Lower Eastern Shore 6/14 -- Lower Western Shore: Magothy River 6/22 -- Lower Potomac: Annual Wade-in 6/28 -- Choptank Team: Wade-in All events are free and open to the public. Meetings & Locations Choptank Trib Team 2nd Thursday of Month 7pm to 9pm. Call 410-268-8988 for location. Lower Eastern Shore Trib Team Last Thursday of Month 2:30pm @ Greater Salisbury Building, 200 W. Main St. Salisbury, MD 21801. Lower Potomac Trib Team 4th Monday of Month 5:30pm @ St. Mary’s Co. Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, 29449 Charlotte Hall Rd. Charlotte Hall, MD 20622. Patapsco/Back Trib Team 2nd Thursday of Month @ Maryland Dept. of Environment 1800 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21230 at 6pm. Upper Eastern Shore Trib Team 2nd Monday of Month @ 6pm, call 410-260-8768 for location. Upper Potomac Trib Team 4th Wednesday of month @ 5pm, call 410-260-8768 for location. Upper Western Shore Trib Team Last Monday of month @ 5:30pm, call 410-260-8736 for location Lower Western Shore Trib Team Third Thursday of Month, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, Laurel, MD. Call 410-260-8768 for time. Patuxent River Commission 2nd Wednesday of Month, call 410-260-8768 for times and locations. Middle Potomac Trib Team 1st Wednesday of Month, @ MD DNR C-1 Conference Room, call 410-260-8768 for time. Maryland Tributary Strategies Draft Implementation PlanThe public comment period on the Draft Tributary Strategies Implementation Plan ended on June 2, 2006. A compilation of the comments received can be viewed at the following link: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/tribstrat/commentmatrix-6-23-06.pdf (Adobe Acrobat file 1.9MB - To get the free Acrobat Reader go to Adobe.com). The comments are currently being reviewed by the Bay Cabinet Agencies and the draft plan will revised accordingly. A final plan is expected to be released in the Fall, however this is a dynamic plan, that will be updated regularly as new resources are generated and programs and polices are enacted that will continue to increase the implementation of Maryland Bay clean up plan, or Tributary Strategy. View the Tributary Strategy, the draft implementation plan and an executive summary here. From Our Backyard to the Bay The Middle Potomac Tributary Teams with generous funding from the Chesapeake Bay Trust, Businesses for the Bay, and Montgomery County conducted a full day Urban Nutrient Management Forum called From Our Backyard to the Bay. Conference organizers invited speakers from as far away as Minnesota and Wisconsin to tell Marylanders how they tackled the issue of nutrient pollution in lakes and streams caused by urban fertilizer applications. To view all conference presentations visit http://www.mawaterquality.org/themes/relm/backyardstothebay/forum.htm For more information or to get a copy of Forum findings please contact Claudia Donegan at (410) 260-8767 or cdonegan@dnr.state.md.us Maryland Tributary Strategies Basin Summaries Basin Summaries are the products of workshops that brought together scientific and technical experts to review monitoring results and identify possible management actions to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment. The basin summaries include information on land use, nutrient and sediment sources and loadings, nutrient and sediment concentrations, submerged aquatic vegetation, benthic community condition, and information on nutrient limitation...LEARN MORE! Maryland Tributary
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