WW Supervisor Alex has on more Weed Warrior event scheduled in the Sligo watershed.

Get registered by clicking on the event title. Details are also on the FOSC Calendar page. Join Alex if you can!

In the last three months, FOSC has led or participated in many events:

• Ran two litter hotspot cleanups, at

  Wheaton Branch Stormwater Ponds and Long Branch Community Center

• Ran the FOSC Stewardship Weekend – Sweep the Creek event at 8 sites in the watershed and two Weed Warrior events

• Thank you Ed Murtagh, Nick Clements, Greg Odegaarten, and the many Sligo Stewards who staffed the FOSC tables, gave out bags and grabbers, as well as the Weed Warriors and all the Sweep volunteers! We filled 90 bags of trash and recyclables, pulled bags of non-native invasive plants, and made the creeks and parks a better place for people, plants and wildlife. Thank you all! More photos will be added to the Sweep the Creek Event Photos page shortly.

• Ran the Tree Hug Tree Appreciation Event in mid-Sligo at Dallas Ave. Thanks to Bruce Sidwell, Ross Campbell and Kit Gage who took groups of people around the meadow identifying the tree species. Participants helped plant a pawpaw and another tree provided by the Parks Dept.

• Litter Hot Spot cleanup at the Long Branch Community Center in Oct where volunteers gathered to pick up litter then sort it to help us track the most common types of litter for use in our advocacy efforts.
• The FOSC native plant sale, the largest for FOSC and our partner nursery, Seeds of Change.
• Tabled at the grand opening of the Downtown Silver Spring MOM’s Organic Market and at the Takoma Park Folk Festival.
• In Nov, ran two Weed Warrior work mornings in Long Branch and a Weed Warrior event at Acorn Hill school in mid-Sligo.

Sligo and Long Branch are in fine color this fall. This short YouTube video shows the beautiful fall pictures taken by longtime FOSC member Michael Wilpers in the Park. Thank you, Michael, and thank you Ed Murtagh for creating the video.

Check out the many other FOSC videos on our Youtube channel.

The Sligo Garden Program is Sold Out!

The Sligo Garden Program 2024 has sold out of both the garden kits and the design consultations. Every native plant counts for pollinators, and every sq. ft. of permeable conservation landscape helps absorb rainwater and reduce the stormwater entering the creek. You are adding resilience to our local ecology! Thank you to all who have participated in this program. We hope to obtain further grant funding to bring back this popular program.

Want to know what it was all about? Check out the Sligo Garden Program page under the Stormwater tab above.

Sligo Creek connects us. Please join FOSC 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 FOSC newsletter.

You can make a donation too, either online (simple and secure) or by check to FOSC, P.O. Box 11572, Takoma Park, MD 20913. Thank you!

FOSC Listservs on

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)