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Nanjemoy and Mattawoman Creek Watersheds
Defining the Indigenous Cultural Landscape for The Nanjemoy and Mattawoman Creek Watersheds Prepared By: Scott M. Strickland Virginia R. Busby Julia A. King With Contributions From: Francis Gray • Diana Harley • Mervin Savoy • Piscataway Conoy Tribe of Maryland Mark Tayac • Piscataway Indian Nation Joan Watson • Piscataway Conoy Confederacy and Subtribes Rico Newman • Barry Wilson • Choptico Band of Piscataway Indians Hope Butler • Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians Prepared For: The National Park Service Chesapeake Bay Annapolis, Maryland St. Mary’s College of Maryland St. Mary’s City, Maryland November 2015 ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this project was to identify and represent the Indigenous Cultural Landscape for the Nanjemoy and Mattawoman creek watersheds on the north shore of the Potomac River in Charles and Prince George’s counties, Maryland. The project was undertaken as an initiative of the National Park Service Chesapeake Bay office, which supports and manages the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. One of the goals of the Captain John Smith Trail is to interpret Native life in the Middle Atlantic in the early years of colonization by Europeans. The Indigenous Cultural Landscape (ICL) concept, developed as an important tool for identifying Native landscapes, has been incorporated into the Smith Trail’s Comprehensive Management Plan in an effort to identify Native communities along the trail as they existed in the early17th century and as they exist today. Identifying ICLs along the Smith Trail serves land and cultural conservation, education, historic preservation, and economic development goals. Identifying ICLs empowers descendant indigenous communities to participate fully in achieving these goals. -
Appendix M: Aquatic Biota Monitoring Table
NATURAL RESOURCES TECHNICAL REPORT APPENDIX M: AQUATIC BIOTA MONITORING TABLE Final – May 2020 Aquatic Habitat, BIBI, and FIBI Scores and Rankings for Monitoring Sites within the Vicinity of the I-495 & I-270 Managed Lanes Study Corridor Aquatic Habitat BIBI FIBI MDE 12-digit Watershed Site Waterway Source Site I.D. Year Narrative Narrative Narrative Name Coordinates Method Score Score Score Ranking Ranking Ranking Fairfax County Middle 38.959552, Potomac Watersheds1 Dead Run FCDPWES -77.176163 1646305 2008 -- -- -- 19.1 Very Poor -- -- Fairfax County Middle 38.959552, Potomac Watersheds1 Dead Run FCDPWES -77.176163 1646305 2009 -- -- -- 15.5 Very Poor -- -- Fairfax County Middle 38.959552, Potomac Watersheds1 Dead Run FCDPWES -77.176163 1646305 2010 -- -- -- 30.5 Poor -- -- Fairfax County Middle 38.959552, Potomac Watersheds1 Dead Run FCDPWES -77.176163 1646305 2011 -- -- -- 29.7 Poor -- -- Fairfax County Middle 38.959552, Potomac Watersheds1 Dead Run FCDPWES -77.176163 1646305 2012 -- -- -- 13.3 Very Poor -- -- Fairfax County Middle 38.959552, Potomac Watersheds1 Dead Run FCDPWES -77.176163 1646305 2013 -- -- -- 12.5 Very Poor -- -- Fairfax County Middle 38.959552, Potomac Watersheds1 Dead Run FCDPWES -77.176163 1646305 2014 -- -- -- 38 Poor -- -- Fairfax County Middle 38.959552, Potomac Watersheds1 Dead Run FCDPWES -77.176163 1646305 2015 -- -- -- 27.7 Poor -- -- Fairfax County Middle 38.959552, Potomac Watersheds1 Dead Run FCDPWES -77.176163 1646305 2016 -- -- -- 27.4 Poor -- -- Fairfax County Middle 38.959552, Potomac Watersheds1 -
Mile Creek Area Limited Amendment Clarksburg Master Plan and Hyattstown Special Study Area
Approved and Adopted July 2014 10Mile Creek Area Limited Amendment Clarksburg Master Plan and Hyattstown Special Study Area Montgomery County Planning Department M-NCPPC MongomeryPlanning.org APPROVED and ADOPTED 10 Mile Creek Area Limited Amendment Clarksburg Master Plan ans Hyattstown Special Study Area Abstract This document is a Limited Amendment to the 1994 Clarksburg Master Plan and Hyattstown Special Study Area for the Ten Mile Creek Watershed. It retains the 1994 Master Plan vision, but refines 1994 Plan recommendations to better achieve two important objectives: the creation of a well-defined corridor town that provides jobs, homes, and commercial activities; and the preservation of natural resources critical to the County’s well-being. The Amendment contains land use, zoning, transportation, parks, and historic resources recommendations for the portions of the Planning Area in the Ten Mile Creek Watershed. Source of Copies The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission 8787 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 Online: www.MontgomeryPlanning.org/community/plan_areas/I270_corridor/clarksburg/ clarksburg_lim_amendment.shtm Notice to Readers An area master plan, after approval by the District Council and adoption by the Maryland- National Capital Park and Planning Commission, constitutes an amendment to The General Pl (On Wedges and Corridors) for Montgomery County. Each area master plan reflects a vision of future development that responds to the unique character of the local community within the context of a Countywide perspective. Area master plans are intended to convey land use policy for defined geographic areas and should be interpreted together with relevant Countywide functional master plans. Master plans generally look ahead about 20 years from the date of adoption. -
2010-2015-Data-Summary-Report
1 The Audubon Naturalist Society is pleased to offer this report of water quality data collected by its volunteer monitors. Since the early 1990s, the Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) has sponsored a volunteer water quality monitoring program in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Washington, DC, to increase the public’s knowledge and understanding of conditions in healthy and degraded streams and to create a bridge of cooperation and collaboration between citizens and natural resource agencies concerned about water quality protection and restoration. Every year, approximately 180-200 monitors visit permanent stream sites to collect and identify benthic macroinvertebrates and to conduct habitat assessments. To ensure the accuracy of the data, the Audubon Naturalist Society follows a quality assurance/quality control plan. Before sampling, monitors are offered extensive training in macroinvertebrate identification and habitat assessment protocols. The leader of each team must take and pass an annual certification test in benthic macroinvertebrate identification to the taxonomic level of family. Between 2010 and 2015, ANS teams monitored 28 stream sites in ten Montgomery County watersheds: Paint Branch, Northwest Branch, Sligo Creek, Upper Rock Creek, Watts Branch, Muddy Branch, Great Seneca Creek, Little Seneca Creek, Little Bennett Creek, and Hawlings River. Most of the sites are located in Montgomery County Parks; three are on private property; and one is in Seneca Creek State Park. In each accompanying individual site report, a description of the site is given; the macroinvertebrates found during each visit are listed; and a stream health score is assigned. These stream health scores are compared to scores from previous years in charts showing both long-term trends and two-year moving averages. -
Reliability Enhancement Program Work Plan Location-Subdivision Or MC SAIFI Contribution J and Cheltenham Dr., Bethesda, MD
Reliability Enhancement Program Work Plan Montgomery County e nt s e e k r nt T m e e or ( k c m a e t l or t W n p ov W n e e h e t r m R de pr m e a ng) e ow m de e g i l r I Location Feeder Location-Subdivision Jurisdiction e m b pgr Status Timeline ov a G na on Fe a m U i pr i C d t y M a t Tr i Im nd n a Loa m r o o ior i r e t ound d a ut P e t gr r t A Fe ge s e i V nde D U Ashford 14379 Dry Ridge Road Montgomery County X Complete 1st Quarter 2012 Aspen Hill 14840 Saddlebrook Park Montgomery County X Complete 3rd Quarter 2011 Aspen Hill 14914 Bel Pre Montgomery County X Complete 3rd Quarter 2012 Bells Mill 14083 Seven Locks Road Montgomery County X Complete 2nd Quarter 2013 Bells Mill 34973 Twinbrook Montgomery County Complete 4th Quarter 2011 Bells Mill 34978 Twinbrook Montgomery County Complete 3rd Quarter 2011 Bells Mill 69179 Beverly Farms, Hunting Hill, Potomac, Rockville Montgomery County Complete 3rd Quarter 2011 Bells Mill 69180 Beverly Farms, Potomac, Rockville Montgomery County Complete 3rd Quarter 2011 Bells Mill 69181 Bells Mill Montgomery County X Complete 1st Quarter 2015 Bells Mill 69181 Potomac and Hunting Hill and David Talyor Model Basin Montgomery County Complete 4th Quarter 2011 Bells Mill 69185 Beverly Farms, Hunting Hill, Rockville Montgomery County Complete 3rd Quarter 2011 Rolling Green Way URD Subdivision around Tuckahoe Way and Bells Mill Road 14081 Montgomery County X Complete 3rd Quarter 2014 Lake Breeze Dr North Potomac, MD Bethesda 14081 Lancelot Dr. -
Health and History of the North Branch of the Potomac River
Health and History of the North Branch of the Potomac River North Fork Watershed Project/Friends of Blackwater MAY 2009 This report was made possible by a generous donation from the MARPAT Foundation. DRAFT 2 DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 TABLE OF Figures ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 THE UPPER NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER WATERSHED ................................................................................... 7 PART I ‐ General Information about the North Branch Potomac Watershed ........................................................... 8 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Geography and Geology of the Watershed Area ................................................................................................. 9 Demographics .................................................................................................................................................... 10 Land Use ............................................................................................................................................................ -
From My Backyard to Our Bay an Anne Arundel County Resident’S Guide to Improving Our Environment and Protecting Our Natural Resources
From My Backyard to Our Bay An Anne Arundel County Resident’s Guide to Improving our Environment and Protecting our Natural Resources From My Backyard to Our Bay The Chesapeake Bay is in Peril. What’s threatening the Bay? Nitrogen. Phosphorus. Sediment. These are the major pollutants responsible for the decline of water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Nitrogen and phosphorus are nutrients that are essential food in the right quantities, but too much can be lethal to the Bay. Too much nutrients spawn the growth of algae which turns the water green and can be toxic to marine life, pets, and humans. When those algae die, they rob the water of oxygen and create ―dead zones‖ where fish, oysters, clams, and crabs can’t survive. Sediment is soil that washes into the Bay when it rains. It clouds the water and prevents underwater grasses from growing. These grasses produce oxygen and provide a place for young fish and crabs to develop and thrive. So who’s responsible? Every one of us. Every drop of water that falls on Anne Arundel County will make its way to the Bay. Along the way it will pick up and carry with it the things that we put on the ground. What can I do? From My Backyard to Our Bay offers tips for living in harmony with the Bay. It highlights how you can contribute to the health of your local watershed, maintain an environmentally friendly lawn, and manage stormwater runoff, wells, and septic systems in ways that will reduce the flow of pollutants and sediment into the Bay. -
Montgomery County Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan Chapter 2: General Background 2017 – 2026 Plan (County Executive Draft - March 2017)
Montgomery County Comprehensive Water Supply and Sewerage Systems Plan Chapter 2: General Background 2017 – 2026 Plan (County Executive Draft - March 2017) Table of Contents Table of Figures: ........................................................................................................................ 2-2 Table of Tables: ......................................................................................................................... 2-2 I. INTRODUCTION: ........................................................................................................... 2-3 II. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: .......................................................................................... 2-3 II.A. Topography:................................................................................................................. 2-4 II.B. Climate: ....................................................................................................................... 2-4 II.C. Geology: ...................................................................................................................... 2-4 II.D. Soils: ............................................................................................................................ 2-5 II.E. Water Resources: ....................................................................................................... 2-6 II.E.1. Groundwater: ........................................................................................................ 2-6 II.E.1.a. Poolesville Sole Source Aquifer: -
Countywide Park Trails Plan Amendment
MCPB Item #______ Date: 9/29/16 MEMORANDUM DATE: September 22, 2016 TO: Montgomery County Planning Board VIA: Michael F. Riley, Director of Parks Mitra Pedoeem, Deputy Director, Administration Dr. John E. Hench, Ph.D., Chief, Park Planning and Stewardship Division (PPSD) FROM: Charles S. Kines, AICP, Planner Coordinator (PPSD) Brooke Farquhar, Supervisor (PPSD) SUBJECT: Worksession #3, Countywide Park Trails Plan Amendment Recommended Planning Board Action Review, approve and adopt the plan amendment to be titled 2016 Countywide Park Trails Plan. (Attachment 1) Changes Made Since Public Hearing Draft Attached is the final draft of the plan amendment, including all Planning Board-requested changes from worksessions #1 and #2, as well as all appendices. Please focus your attention on the following pages and issues: 1. Page 34, added language to clarify the addition of the Northwest Branch Trail to the plan, in order to facilitate mountain biking access between US 29 (Colesville Rd) and Wheaton Regional Park. In addition, an errata sheet will be inserted in the Rachel Carson Trail Corridor Plan to reflect this change in policy. 2. Page 48, incorporating Planning Board-approved text from worksession #2, regarding policy for trail user types 3. Appendices 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 and 15. In addition, all maps now accurately reflect Planning Board direction. Trail Planning Work Program – Remainder of FY 17 Following the approval and adoption of this plan amendment, trail planning staff will perform the following tasks to implement the Plan and address other trail planning topics requested by the Planning Board: 1. Develop program of requirements for the top implementation priority for both natural and hard surface trails. -
Farm 67 Lawson.Pdf
l-1: 13-32 ACHS s tJ:irr.rn RY FOP,~>I 1. Name Tenmile Creek Stream Valley '"~. Planning Area/Site Number 13/32 3 ..HNCPPC Atlas Reference Map 6 I-12 4. Address Northwestern Montgomery County between Route 121 ~West Old Baltimore Road 5. Classifica~ion Summary Category Multiple Resource Ovmership Various Public Acquisition In process Status Occupied Accessible Yes: restricted Present use A~Ti culture, Park, Private Residence Previous Survey Recording M-NCPPC Federal__ State_LCounty_LLocal __ (Titls and date: Inventory of Historical Sites 1976 6. Date 7. Original Owner 8. Apparent Condition b. Altered 9. Descriotion: Tenmile Creek Road, one of but a few dirt roads remaining in le County, winds past a nineteenth century schoolhouse, a slave cabin, a fire- ~:~oof house built on the site of a turreted mansion destroyed by fire in 1945, a Victorian summer boarding house and private park, a mid-nineteenth century mill site and pond, and a deserted, early road. The road leads through a green valley where jersey cows graze, up a gentle rise and around a bend where the trees meet overhead, through a ford, to the intersection with West Old Baltimore Road and a pond of pink and yellow water lilies. The creek valley contains numerous natural springs, many lined with watercress, meadows of wildflowers, surrounded with tree covered hills. 10. Significance: The valley of Tenmile Creek, immediately northwest of Boyds, Md. is an uncompromised historic & environmentally significant area that has suc ceeded in maintaining its character. Saved from development, it is now threatened by an impoundment. Historically the area contains potentially signifi cant archeological sites -- possibly of prehistoric Indian culture -- associated with woodland settlements of eighteenth century tobacco planters, a mill site, pond, race & house, a large boarding house constructed to accommodate summer visitors after the area became accessible by railroad in 1873, & later structures erected by dairy farmers. -
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE WATER SUPPLY and SEWERAGE SYSTEMS PLAN 2017 - 2026 PLAN: County Executive Draft – March 2017
MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS PLAN 2017 - 2026 PLAN: County Executive Draft – March 2017 CHAPTER 4: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS Table of Contents Table of Figures: ............................................................................................................................... 4-3 Table of Tables: ................................................................................................................................ 4-4 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND: ......................................................................................... 4-5 I. THE WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SANITARY DISTRICT: ..................................................... 4-10 I.A. Government Responsibilities: ......................................................................................... 4-11 I.B. Programs and Policies: ................................................................................................... 4-11 I.B.1. Facility Planning, Project Development and Project Approval Processes: ................. 4-11 I.B.2. Wastewater Flow Analysis: ........................................................................................ 4-12 I.B.3. Sanitary Sewer Overflows: ........................................................................................ 4-17 I.B.4. Sewer Sizing Policies: ............................................................................................... 4-23 I.B.5. Pressure Sewer Systems: ........................................................................................ -
Maryland's 2015-2019 Nonpoint Source Management Plan
Maryland’s 2015-2019 Nonpoint Source Management Plan Department of the Environment 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 540 Baltimore MD 21230-1718 December 15, 2014 Updated August 4, 2016 Published and distributed by the Section §319(h) Nonpoint Source Program Maryland Department of the Environment 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 540 Baltimore MD 21230 Phone: 410-537-3906 Fax: 410-537-3873 Lee Currey, Director Science Services Administration Jim George, Manager Water Quality Protection and Restoration Program Ken Shanks, Chief TMDL Implementation Division Maryland’s Nonpoint Source Program is funded in part by a Section §319(h) Clean Water Act Grant from the U.S. EPA. Although this program is funded partly by U.S. EPA, the contents of this report do not necessarily reflect the opinion or position of EPA. Maryland’s 2015-2019 NPS Management Plan page ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ------ see first page(s) of each chapter for subheadings - Executive Summary - Chapter 1 – Introduction - Chapter 2 – Objectives and Milestones - Chapter 3 – Resource Assessment and Monitoring Programs - Chapter 4 – Maryland NPS Programs and Initiatives - Chapter 5 – Watershed Management to Achieve NPS Goals - Chapter 6 – Public Education, Outreach and Financial Assistance APPENDICES - Abbreviations - Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Two-Year Milestones - Components of Maryland’s 2015-2019 Nonpoint Source Management Plan o (Documents designated as integral parts of Maryland’s NPS management plan) - Internet Sources - Milestones for Tracking Progress 2016 UPDATE LISTING - Cover