Other Events

Recent Events

Stream Cleanup in Lonaconing

Leadership Allegany! Environment Day

Backyard Buffer Program

Once again the GCWA partnered with the Maryland Forest Service to help implement the Backyard Buffer Program.  The program gives out bags of 25 native trees to residents who own property along a stream or river, which creates a vegetaive "buffer" between the property and the water.  This helps with erosion control and stormwater runoff, as well as creating habitat for riparian-dwelling animals. 

120 bags were given out to residents between Garrett and Allegany Counties in April. If you live along a waterway and would like to receive a bag of trees next year, please email the GCWA!

National Brownfields Conference

The GCWA was represented at the 2011 National Brownfields Conference in Philadelphia from April 3-5.  The conference brought people from all over the country (and even internationally) to discuss the problems and solutions of brownfields.  A brownfield is a former industrial or comercial plot of land that is no longer in use and has low-level contaminants.  The GCWA presented a poster on the Frostburg Grows Grow-it-Local greenhouse project that has been working on for the past year or so.  The greenhouses are slated to be built on a former strip mine as a way to repurpose the land, which is considered a brownfield.

Science and Engineering Day
Does scientific progress really go "Boink"? Come find out at Science and Engineering Day at Frostburg State University on October 23, 2010 from 9 A.M.- 12 noon. The GCWA will have a demonstration table--aimed at middle-high school students--with activities ranging from water quality testing, to the affects of acid mine drainage (AMD) on watersheds, to AMD treatment systems. This is a satellite event to the larger Science and Engineering Day being held in Washington, D.C., which hopes to get students of all ages interested and curious in these respective fields. This will be a great morning of discovery!

Appalachian Festival

GCWA volunteers attended the 5th annual Appalachian Festival September 18, 2010. The festival featured regional music and educational forums all day. We had a booth set up throughout the day which attracted many people with an interest of what the GCWA works on.

Barton Party in the Park
GCWA volunteers attended the 13th annual Barton Party in the Park on August 21, 2010. The GCWA had a booth set-up throughout the day, which educated and entertained attendees. We also held a rubber duck scavenger hunt for the kids, with prizes going to those who found the most ducks.

Youghiogheny River Watershed Festival

The GCWA held a rain barrel workshop during the Youghiogheny River Watershed Association Festival on July 24, 2010. The Yough Fest featured blue grass music, tubing races, contests, and vendors. The event was free and open to the public. For more information on hostng a GCWA rain barrel workshop, please contact Kelly Martin.

Savage State Park Stream Clean Up

The GCWA partnered with the Savage River Watershed Association and AmeriCorps NCCC River5 to clean up Big Run on April 26, 2010.

Allegany County  Residents Backyard Buffer Program

The GCWA gave away 25 free trees to 60 Allegany County residents living along waterways.

Rain barrel workshop
The GCWA hosted a rain barrel workshop April 22, 2009 during Focus Frostburg at Frostburg State University on Earth Day. The event was open to the public and there was no cost for the rain barrels. More information on Focus Frostburg and Earth Day events can be found through the FSU Living Green Learning Green Iniative.