Thank you to everyone who came out to clear the creek and park of litter at the Sweep the Creek event.
See photos of sweepers and their finds, from the Sligo headwaters to the confluence with NW Branch, on the Sweep the Creek photos page. Send your pics to [email protected].
The weirdest find of this Sweep: scuba diving headgear and tank, found by the Section 1 Sweep team!
Join FOSC
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.
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!
News & Updates
Salt Watch Is Gearing Up for the Winter – Join Us
WQ Committee to Continue Two SaltWatch Initiatives This Winter
Volunteers needed!
The FOSC water quality team is gearing up for the winter season. We’re monitoring Sligo Creek salt levels because excessive salt, from roadways, parking […]
Fall Sweep Results
Thank you, Sweep Participants! The Fall Sweep results are in! Volunteers removed 200+bags of trash and recyclables from the creek and adjacent parkland! Thank you [...]
Tell us a story…pleeeze
Sligo Creek stories Do you have a funny story, cool experience, or special memory about Sligo Creek park or Friends of Sligo Creek that you'd [...]
FOSC Listservs on
Friends of Sligo Creek Main Listserv
FOSC-Stewards Listserv (for Section Stewards only)
FOSC Action Hub
FOSC contributed to a formal appeal, by members of the Carole Highlands Neighborhood Assn, of the Prince George’s County Zoning Hearing Examiner’s recent approval of a 16-pump gas station adjacent to Sligo Creek Park at Riggs Rd. The appeal was drafted with pro-bono legal help from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and participation by faculty and students in the Environment Law Clinic at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law. Read the appeal on the Letters and Testimony page.
FOSC Advocacy has been an active partner with the MoCo Forest Conservation Coalition to advocate for strong protection of MoCo’s remaining forests. In an April 28 Planning Commission hearing, the Coalition and many groups and individuals testified or submited written testimony arguing for stronger protections than the Commission’s proposed amendments to the existing Forest Conservation law would provide.
For more information about the issue and the bill, and to get sufficient information to write your own testimony, go to the Audubon Naturalist Society blog. You can use FOSC’s own written testimony as a guide for yours.
Consider signing the petition asking MoCo Council members to support Bill 13-22, the Comprehensive Building Decarbonization Bill. The hearing for this bill is coming up in a few days, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.
Still pending! Find out why FOSC opposes synthetic turf on Ellsworth Drive in DTSS. Write the County Executive to oppose abandonment of Ellsworth Drive unless healthy alternatives are used. Write to Marc Elrich, Montgomery County Executive.
Remove Invasives from Your Yard & Keep Them Out of Sligo
Fall 2022 Top Invasives
FOSC on iNaturalist
Heard about FOSC on iNaturalist.org but uncertain how to navigate the site or contribute your own observations? Expert birder and iNaturalist… Read more