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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. -
Maryland State Parks Plant 10,000 Trees for Earth Day 50Th Anniversary
Maryland State Parks Plant 10,000 Trees for Earth Day 50th Anniversary Posted by TBN(Staff) On 04/23/2020 The Maryland Park Service is planting more than 10,000 trees in honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, 2020. From the shores of Assateague Island to the mountains of Western Maryland, rangers will plant native trees on public lands to mark the occasion. A special Wye Oak seedling — a descendant of a white oak that lived for centuries in Talbot County — was planted at Sandy Point State Park near Annapolis by Maryland Park Service Superintendent Nita Settina. “Once this white oak tree matures, it will support more than 500 species of insects essential to feeding young birds every spring,” said Superintendent Settina. The white oak — Quercus alba — is Maryland’s state tree, and is found in every county and Baltimore City. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources stresses the importance of planting native trees and other plants, which support Maryland’s butterfly, moth, and bird populations. According to the Maryland Forest Service, trees also provide cost-effective stormwater management, reduce flooding by absorbing and slowing rainfall, limit stream bank erosion, filter pollutants, improve water quality in streams and rivers, improve air quality, reduce energy costs by shading and insulating buildings, and much more. Through various initiatives, the Maryland Forest Service plants millions of trees and seedlings each year. “Planting native trees on our public lands is a perfect way to mark this special Earth Day,” Maryland Secretary of Natural Resources Secretary Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio said. “The most important lesson of the past 50 years is that everyone can make a difference and every contribution, no matter how big or small, is vital to our overall success. -
Hughesville Revitalization Plan Chapter 4: Environmental Resources
Hughesville Revitalization Plan Hughesville Sub-Area Plan Existing Conditions Report Chapter 4: Environmental Resources The region is rich with environmentally sensitive areas and natural resources. According to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), there are two environmentally sensitive areas within the Hughesville Study Area, including National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) recognized wetlands and a potential greenway (refer to Map 7: Environmentally Sensitive Areas). There are also several environmentally sensitive features adjacent to Hughesville including Rural Legacy Areas, Wetlands of Special State Concern (WSSC), Maryland Environmental Trust Easements (MET), Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF) lands, DNR Lands, and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) eligible areas. According to DNR data, the Hughesville Study Area is located within the Lower Potomac River and Patuxent River watersheds, specifically the Gilbert Swamp and Patuxent River Lower sub basins. Preservation Programs The Charles County MET Program and the Rural Legacy Program function as environment protection programs with an added benefit that they often preserve properties with historic significance. The following is a brief description of each program. Maryland Environmental Trust (MET) The Maryland Environmental Trust, an agency of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), holds conservation easements on natural, agricultural, scenic, and historic properties and is the co-holder of numerous easements across the state with the Maryland Historical Trust. Rural Legacy Program DNR’s Rural Legacy Program was established in 1997. Part of the State’s Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation Initiative, it is designed to conserve land by protecting areas rich in farms, forests, and natural and cultural resources. The Program achieves this by partnering with local governments, land trusts, and citizens in the purchase of conservation easements. -
Mediamix a Quick Take on New Releases
C M Y K M8 SOURCE 05-27-07 DC EE M8 CMYK M8 Sunday, May 27, 2007 x The Washington Post RoadTrip Go Tribal in Maryland WHERE: Waldorf. StartStartStart hereherehere Learn about Native American WHY: Hiking on tribal grounds, bows for beginners and powwowing with history, beliefs and tribal life PENN. H ST. with live performances outside the Piscataway. 15TH STREET AVE. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE the National Museum of ST. the American Indian. The 17TH INDEPENDENCE AVE. 1 HOW FAR: About 70 miles from start to finish, or 2 ⁄2 hours by car from 9TH STREET Indian Summer Showcase, an Washington. evening concert series, is held 395 4TH ST. 295 twice a month from June he Piscataway Indian Festival and Pow-Wow is a true family affair. through September (the first Y one is Saturday). Next weekend, about 300 Native Americans from near (Maryland, 395 A W K R Virginia) and far (Central America, Hawaii) will gather at the Amer- A D.C. P 95 . 495 T M ican Indian Cultural Center in Waldorf to catch up as well as dance, sing, eat E 5 4 M and celebrate. In all, nearly 3,000 folks are expected to attend — extended . W . family, indeed. G Hosted by the Cedarville Band of the Piscataway tribe, the 25th annual 1 The Alexandria Archaeology 295 Museum displays stone tools event is a modern, more social take on the private gatherings the Piscata- CAMERON STREET and other artifacts from the way and other Native American tribes have been practicing for ages. “To- aits native peoples who lived in the George Catlin’s portr Alexandria day’s powwows are extensions of the tribal powwows that existed for hun- ve KING Alexandria area between 500 dreds of years,” says Natalie Proctor, tribal chairwoman of the Cedarville documented vanishing Nati ST. -
Zekiah Swamp IBA Date of Site Account: May 2016
Important Bird Areas Zekiah Swamp IBA Date of site account: May 2016 County: Charles Status: Recognized Area: 15,088 acres (6,106 ha) Priority: State Red-headed Woodpecker Site Description Zekiah Swamp IBA encompasses 15,088 acres of forest and wetlands in Charles County along Zekiah Swamp Run, a 48-mile network of braided streams in eastern Charles County. The site extends from Poplar Hill Rd just south of Cedarville State Forest to Allen’s Fresh Run and the mouth of the Wicomico River. The major habitat types are deciduous floodplain forest of considerable diversity and upland oak-hickory forest, together accounting for 75% of the area. A number of shrub and emergent herbaceous wetlands, with numerous standing dead trees, have also formed as a result of beaver activity. Scattered patches of loblolly pine account for just less than 3% of the area. About 435 acres of the IBA are owned and managed by the Maryland DNR as the Zekiah Swamp Natural Environment Area (NEA), while the remaining land is privately owned. The northern half of the site lies within the Zekiah Rural Legacy Area. The boundary of this IBA is based on green infrastructure hubs from Maryland’s Green Infrastructure map. Birds Zekiah Swamp IBA is a site of statewide importance for bird conservation. Bird Blitz surveys in 2009 yielded counts exceeding the IBA threshold for one at-risk species (Prothonotary Warbler), and population estimates exceeding IBA thresholds for three additional at-risk species (Wood Thrush, Kentucky Warbler, and Red-Headed Woodpecker). The Prothonotary Warbler is a specialist of floodplain forests and nests in tree cavities. -
Anne Arundel County Park and Trails
Riverside Park Old Riverside BROOKLYN PARK RANGER BASE AT "MILLER STATION" Play Area Brooklyn Park Arundel Village ALONG ROUTE OF PROPOSED SOUTH NURSERY RD Park SHORE TRAIL Brooklyn Heights Dell Street Park Overlook CHURCH ST BELLE GROVE RD Park Park Pumphrey North County COUNTY Park Rec Center J. Charles Hammonds Linthicum Park Park I695 I695 PATAPSCOI195 Light Rail Trail Linthicum Park Cedar/ Bachmans Morris Sports Arundel FERNDALE Hills Complex Andover Park ANDOVER RD Hills Park CAMP MEADE RD S PARKS Cabin Park Sullivan Park Branch Andover RT10 Solleys On-Road Bike Path I195 Park Equestrian Bay Cove Center BALTIMOREANNAPOLIS BLVD Pleasantville Park Meadows Park North Park BWI Trail Glen Solley Park DORSEY RD Park FURNACE BRANCH RD E HANOVER and B.W.I. AIRPORT GLEN BURNIE BALTIMORE WASHINGTON PKWY CRAIN HWY N Brandon Woods Park AVIATION BLVD Sawmill Creek Park RIVIERA BEACH Jessup/ Dorsey Park Fort Smallwood Park DORSEY RD N. District Rock HARMANSTELEGRAPH RD Maintenance Creek Fort Smallwood - Shop Park Curtis Bay Matthewstown - RT100 Stoney TRAILS CRAIN HWY S Jessup Park Harmans Park HARUNDALE Creek Sunset Park Park Sun Harry and Cannon OLD TELEGRAPH RD Queenstown Park RIDGE RD Stadium Valley Greenhaven Jeanette JESSUP RD Park Wharf Highpoint Weinberg Park Park JESSUP Severn Danza Park Glen Burnie Park RT10 Tick DONALDSON AVE Hancocks Resolution Park Elizabeth North Arundel Freetown Park Greenhaven Neck Poplar Ridge Park Road Park Aquatic Center Mini Park Park Provinces Park SEVERN FORT SMALLWOOD RD B & A Trail LONG HILL RD MOUNTAIN -
Capital Budget and Program I Volume 1 of 5 S C
F Capital Budget and Program I Volume 1 of 5 S C A L Y E A R 2 0 1 3 John R. Leopold County Executive This Page Intentionally Blank Recreation & Parks Project Title Page Adaptive Rec Athletic Complex 66 Bates Heritage Park Turf Fld 71 Bay Head Park 62 Broadneck Peninsula Trail 59 Chg Agst R & P Clsd Projects 45 Crownsville Area Park 58 Dairy Farm 65 Facility Irrigation 61 Facility Lighting 50 Fort Smallwood Park 63 Greenways, Parkland&OpenSpace 48 Hancocks Hist. Site 57 Homeport Farms Park Develop. 69 Hot Sox Park Acquisition 67 Jonas Green Park 55 Kinder Park Development 49 Lake Shore Complex Expan 53 Londontown Historic Site 44 Park Renovation 56 Peninsula Park Expansion 60 R & P Project Plan 51 School Outdoor Rec Facilities 52 Shoreline Erosion Contrl 54 South River Greenway 68 South Shore Trail 46 Southern MS Field Lighting 70 Stadium Renovations 64 WB & A Trail 47 Capital Budget and Program Anne Arundel County, Maryland Project Class Summary - Project Listing Council Approved Project Project Title Total Prior FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 Project Class: Recreation & Parks P311200 Londontown Historic Site $5,762,500 $5,762,500 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 P346100 Chg Agst R & P Clsd Projects $58,755 $75,755 ($17,000) $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 P372000 South Shore Trail $9,273,000 $4,215,000 ($1,217,000) $3,317,000 $0 $2,897,000 $0 $61,000 P393600 WB & A Trail $8,416,000 $5,397,000 $146,000 $601,000 $0 $0 $2,272,000 $0 P400200 Greenways, Parkland&OpenSpac $14,454,992 $9,605,992 $489,000 $872,000 $872,000 $872,000 $872,000 $872,000 P418500 Kinder -
Research and Trends A
III. RESEARCH AND TRENDS A. MARYLAND’S CHANGING POPULATION Maryland’s population has been steadily growing. While public outdoor recreation amenities CENTRAL in the state attract tourists from outside of WESTERN • 55% of Maryland’s total Maryland, residents comprise the largest pool of • 8% of Statewide population Population • Significant differences existing local outdoor recreators and potential • Predominantly Caucasian in median age, income, new participants. Unless otherwise noted, the • Higher Median Age and racial composition characteristics of the statewide population • Lower Median Household between populations presented are based on the latest public data Income of counties and City of available from the Maryland Department of Baltimore Planning as of July 2018. Characteristics SOUTHERN by Region Key Characteristics of Maryland’s • 30% of the statewide Population by Service Region population EASTERN • Most racially diverse • Least populous service Total Population and Distribution of Residents service region and only region As of July 2017, the Maryland Department of minority-majority region • Predominantly Caucasian Planning estimated the total statewide population • Household income at or • Lowest median higher than statewide household income levels to be 6,052,177. At the time of the last Census in median • Highest median age 2010, Maryland’s population was 5,775,562. As residents illustrated in Figure 5 (on the following page), the Central Region is home to over half of the state’s population and is the most populous service -
CH-706 Smallwood State Park
CH-706 Smallwood State Park Architectural Survey File This is the architectural survey file for this MIHP record. The survey file is organized reverse- chronological (that is, with the latest material on top). It contains all MIHP inventory forms, National Register nomination forms, determinations of eligibility (DOE) forms, and accompanying documentation such as photographs and maps. Users should be aware that additional undigitized material about this property may be found in on-site architectural reports, copies of HABS/HAER or other documentation, drawings, and the “vertical files” at the MHT Library in Crownsville. The vertical files may include newspaper clippings, field notes, draft versions of forms and architectural reports, photographs, maps, and drawings. Researchers who need a thorough understanding of this property should plan to visit the MHT Library as part of their research project; look at the MHT web site (mht.maryland.gov) for details about how to make an appointment. All material is property of the Maryland Historical Trust. Last Updated: 12-18-2012 CAPSULE SUMMARY Smallwood State Park MIHP # CH-706 Rison vicinity Charles County, Maryland SP=1957 Public Smallwood State Park occupies approximately 629 acres located overlooking the Mattawoman Creek in northwestern Charles County, Maryland. The park was developed from the efforts of local citizens to preserve the eighteenth-century Smallwood's Retreat (MIHP # CH-12), the Charles County home of Revolutionary War hero General William Smallwood (b. 1732-d. 1792). Since 1957, the park has grown to encompass 629 acres and features the museum, a campground, a marina, and an art center. The buildings and the management practices that have shaped the Smallwood State Park since 1957 are not yet fifty years old. -
Happy New Year
December 2016 ohbike.or g Happy Holidays Happy New Year ohbike.org Whether you head for the gym, hop on your Celebrate the New Year with a bike ride. Find trainer or bundle up and head out for a ride, it’s more December and January rides on the ride important to stay active during the winter months. schedule at www.ohbike.org. Come out and enjoy a walk or a ride. Here are two events to entice you out of your house. New Year’s Day Monumental Tour On Sunday, January 1 at 10:30, meet at Jones Christmas Lights Bike Ride Point Park, under the Wilson Bridge in Alexandria. On Thursday, December 15 at 6:30 pm, Tulane The ride uses the Mt Vernon Trail, does a short tour Drive, Alexandria, VA. This joint ride with PPTC is of the monuments, and stops along the way at a on neighborhood streets in the Belle Haven area to coffee shop. See the ride schedule or contact Joan see Christmas lights and enjoy Christmas music. Oppel, 703-328-9863, [email protected]. Dinner afterwards at a nearby restaurant. Bright front and rear lights are required. For more info, see the Hang Over Mountain Bike Ride ride schedule or contact Joan Oppel, 703-328- On Sunday, January 1 at 10:00 am, enjoy a 14- 9863, [email protected]. mile mountain bike ride in Rosaryville State Park. Meet at the trailhead parking lot on the right. See the Christmas Holiday Walk ride schedule or check with Barry Howard, 301-807- On December 27 at 5:15 pm, walk from Capitol 9676, [email protected]. -
Anne Arundel County 2017 Land Preservation, Parks and Recreation Plan
Anne Arundel County 2017 Land Preservation, Parks and Recreation Plan Amended and Approved September 4, 2018 Acknowledgements Steven R. Schuh County Executive County Council Peter Smith, District 1 John Grasso, District 2 Derek Fink, District 3 Andrew Pruski, District 4 Michael Peroutka, District 5 Chris Trumbauer, District 6 Jerry Walker, District 7 Recreation and Parks Advisory Board Warren B. Duckett, III, Esquire, Chair Albert “Woody" Bowen Rudolph “Rudy” Brown, Jr. The Hon. Janet Greenip Darrin M. Jacobs Michael Lofton Ralph Smith Planning Advisory Board Jerry L. Pesterfield, Chair Joseph G. Mayer, Vice Chair Matthew S. Evans, III, Esq., LEED-AP Jeffrey W. Ferguson Gustav S. Kurtz, Jr. Joan C. Maynard Barbara Morsberger Department of Recreation and Parks Rick Anthony, Director Project Staff Kenneth M. Alban, Chief of Capital Projects and Park Planning Barbara Polito, Agricultural Program Manager Dawn Thomas, Park Planner William Gorski, Agricultural Program Planner and GIS Specialist Contributing Staff David Smalley, Deputy Director Michael Busch, Recreation Administrator Mark Garrity, Parks Administrator Franklin Chaney, Chief of Recreation Services Lisa DiGiacinto, Business Manager Colleen Joseph, Chief of Marketing and Special Events Betsey LaBroad, Chief of Park Operations Chris Carroll, Chief of Natural and Cultural Resources Damian Cosby, Chief of Park Maintenance Erica Jackson, Program Specialist Office of Planning and Zoning Philip R. Hager, Planning and Zoning Officer Lynn Miller, Assistant Planning and Zoning Officer Cindy -
Maryland Birdlife
r MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Cylburn Mansion, 4915 Green Spring Ave, Baltimore 9, Md. I ! r F Volume 15 MARCH 1959 Number 1 THE MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. Cylburn Mansion, 4915 Green Spring Ave., Baltimore 9, Maryland State President: Dr. Charles J. Stine, 6305 Belair Rd., Baltimore 6, Yd. State Secretary: Mr. Robert M. Bowen, 5011 Leeds Ave., Baltimore 27, Md. State Treasurer: Cdr. Edward P. Wilson, ll9 Arehwond Ave., Annapolis, Md. First Vice President: Mr. Marvin W. Hewitt, Greensboro, Maryland. Second Vice Presidents: Wm. Leeson, Douglas Miner, Elmer ~#orthley, Hazel /;hite, Evelyn Gregory, Richard McCown, Hilda Smith, Francis Uelch. Trustees: Prof. Dnvid Howard, Cdr. Edward ;;ilson, Stephen Simon, Rodney Jones, Dr. Lois 0dell, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. Ster- ling Edwards, Ualter Braun, George Drumm, Elsie Hevey, Goldie Thomsen, Richard Kleen, Dr. Thomas Ambler, Ronald Nevius. Membership Sec.: Mrs. Shirley Geddes, =03 0verbrook Rd., Balto. 12, Md. LOCAL CHAPrARS Allegany County Bird Club Frederick Branch, M.O.S., Inc. Avid Avists of Anne Arundel Co. Harford County Bird ~lub Belie. Chapter, M.O.S., Inc. Kent County Chapter, M.O.S., Inc. Caroline County Bird Club Takoma Park Nature Club Talbot County Bird Club Out-of-state membership (~aryland Birdlife only) $2.00 Junior membership (under 18 years) .50 Life membership (payable in 3 equal installments) 75.00 Active membership ~2.00 plus LocalChapter dues CONT~TS, MARCH 1959 Occurrence and Measurements of Chickadees Stephen W. Simon 3 Maryland Nest Summary for 195B Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fletcher 5 Effect of a Severe Snowstorm Richard L.