Friends of Sligo Creek

Weed Warrior event – Mid Sligo north of Forest Glen Rd.

Saturday, Oct 31 from 9:00am -11:00am

Join Weed Warrior Supervisors Greg and Kathryn for a non-native, invasive plant removal workday in Sligo Creek between Forest Glen Rd and University Blvd in Silver Spring. You do not need to be certified to participate, but you do need to register! Registrants will get the details and meet up location.

Weed Warrior event – lower Sligo in Takoma Park

Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 9:00am – 10:30am
Meet at the Maple Ave bridge over Sligo Creek trail in Takoma Park.

We will continue to tackle English Ivy, Wintercreeper, Porcelainberry, and Bush Honeysuckle. If you are not a Certified Weed Warrior yet, please RSVP to me at: Elmsky(at)proton(dot)me as I’ll need to limit uncertified volunteers to 10 people. See details on the Calendar page.

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Friends of Sligo Creek – Main Listserv

FOSC Advocacy Listserv

FOSC-Litter Listserv

FOSC-Stewards Listserv (for Section Stewards only)

FOSC-Stormwater Listserv

FOSC-Water Quality Listserv

FOSC-WeedWarriors Listserv (for Weed Warriors only)

FOSC Weed Warriors Remove Invasive Plants at Colt Terrace Park at the Sligo Headwaters

In anticipation of MoCo Parks’ extensive trail restoration project at the Sligo headwaters in Wheaton, FOSC Weed Warriors have been out tackling invasive plants in an environmentally sensitive wetland area near the existing trail. (See photo of Weed Warriors surveying wavy leaf basket grass encroaching into the wetland, at right.) The replacement trail will be rerouted away from the wetland and mature upland forest in order to restore this habitat, while bringing the trail up to current standards.

Clean up at Indian Spring Terrace Local Park

More than 30 volunteers cleaned up the entire length of this long narrow park on Sunday, March 8. They wrestled a sofa, mattress, various chairs, fencing, many bags of plastic and glass bottles, cans, fencing, and a plastic castle playset – good for many years if not decades or more of decomposing plastic. After removing well over 1,200 pounds of trash from the park, it is looking a lot better. We also had some Weed Warriors who started freeing trees from English ivy!

Thanks to everyone who came out and helped us get this park and restoration site, the headwaters of Long Branch, poised for spring growth without the trash and pollutants that would have been carried downstream into the rest of Long Branch. The restoration area, which has 5 stone stormwater retention ponds and hundreds of native plants installed by the Parks Dept, is worth a visit to see the investment the County is making in our watershed.

Sligo Creek connects us

Become a FOSC member and help protect and restore the Creek for everyone in our community. It’s simple to do and can be free if you wish. Membership gives you early notice of events and the monthly FOSC newsletter.

You can make a donation, either online here or using the button below (both are simple and secure), or by check to FOSC, P.O. Box 11572, Takoma Park, MD 20913. Thank you!