The Sat, Feb 4th litter clean-up at Sligo Mill Park is postponed due to the very cold weather forecasted. We’ll post the rescheduled date here and on the FOSC Calendar of Events page.
SaltWatch Alerts
Thanks to all the testers who submitted results Tues/Wed/Thurs.
SaltWatch tester Allan Rogers shows how it's done!
FOSC held 5 events over the MLK, Jr. holiday weekend. Send in your photos to see them here and on the FOSC photo archive pages.
Long Branch crew Jan 13 2023
Long Branch Weed Warriors MLK Day 2023
Events in honor of MLK, Jr are continuing this week: see the FOSC Calendar of Events for details and sign up links.
Wed Jan 18 Weed Warriors – 9am to 11am, Kemp Mill Shopping Center at 1150-1132 Arcola Ave, Silver Spring, 20902. We will remove bush honeysuckle, multiflora rose and barberry.
Fri Jan 20th Weed Warrior Workday (open to the public) 9am to 11am, Long Branch Community Recreation Center parking lot at 8700 Piney Branch Rd. To ensure you can find the worksite, we’ll walk together to the back of the park, next to the walking path. Register here.
News & Updates
Congrats to Ed Gertler, Sligo Watershed Weed Warrior
Congrats, Ed Gertler, from all of us at FOSC!
Long-time FOSC member Ed Gertler has wracked up the highest number of volunteer hours of any Weed Warrior for 2022 in Montgomery County. Ed is out rain or shine most days of the week. In 2022, he logged 728 hours, mostly […]
MLK, Jr. Weekend – 3 Sweep the Creek events and 2 Weed Warrior events
Over the long MLK, Jr. holiday weekend, FOSC is hosting several events in conjunction with Montgomery Parks & Recreation, DEP, and CHEER. For […]
Have you seen the new FOSC T-Shirt?
Visit the FOSC Store
The FOSC store has the cool new t-shirts and other great items. Shipping is available within […]
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!
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 Nature Forward (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.
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