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	Our August 2020 Newsletter Beltway Expansion Hearings Long Branch Stormwater Controls Help with Trash July Nature Sightings - Posted August 17
	Our July 2020 Newsletter "Misunderstood Wildlife" Zoom Talk July 21 Changes to Weed Warrior Program New Board Member Fran Rothstein Planning Board Approves Plastic Turf June Nature Sightings - Posted July 10
	FOSC Testimony Against Plastic Turf Friends of Sligo testimony before the Montgomery County Planning Board in opposition to plastic turf on Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring. - Posted June 22
	Our June 2020 Newsletter Online Talk June 23: Parks' New Vegetation Plan Water Quality Training in Sligo New Meadow Near Dennis Avenue May Nature Sightings - Posted June 3
	Our May 2020 Newsletter Online Talk May 19: Birds of Wheaton Branch Ponds Online Talk June 23: Parks' New Vegetation Plan New Webmaster Joins FOSC FOSC Submits Testimony on Artificial Turf New Website: "Eye on Sligo Creek" Spring Nature Sightings - Posted May 7
	Support Pervious Surfaces and Reject Plastic for Ellsworth Drive Friends of Sligo Creek advocacy letter to Montgomery County Planning Board requesting pervious surfaces be used on Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring - Posted Apr. 23
	Our March-April 2020 Newsletter Spring Sweep Cancelled Invasive Plant Removal Kingfishers Share a Meal Water Quality Monitoring Grant for Spanish Brochure Comment Period for Ellsworth Plastic Turf Tips for Using iNaturalist - Posted Mar 31
	Our February 2020 Newsletter Plastic Pollution Talk Feb. 18 MLK Service Day a Big Success FOSC Seeks Web Contractor Invasives Removal Feb. 22 Spring Sweep the Creek Apr. 18-19 Nature Sightings in January - Posted Feb 6
	Friends of Sligo Creek Seeks Part-Time Contractor Friends of Sligo Creek is seeking to hire person with Salesforce and WordPress skills - Posted Jan 24
	Our January 2020 Newsletter MLK Day of Service at Hillwood Manor Talk on Microplastics Pollution Feb. 18 New Sligo Page on iNaturalist Nature Sightings in December - Posted Jan 13
	2019 Year-End Letter Thanks for your support in 2019! - Posted Dec 18
	Our December 2019 Newsletter Invasives Work Dec. 7 Beltway Expansion and Eminent Domain Medical Group Helps with Invasives Nature Sightings in November - Posted Dec 4
	Anacostia Mussel Restoration Summarizes content presented at November 7th program meeting by Jorge Bogantes Montero of the Anacostia Watershed Society - Posted Nov. 29
	Our November 2019 Newsletter Mussel Restoration Talk Nov. 7 Rachel Carson Lived Here Sligo Creek in Barcelona Nature Sightings in October - Posted Nov 1
	Support Pervious Surfaces for Ellsworth Drive Friends of Sligo Creek advocacy letter to Peterson Companies requesting pervious surfaces be used on Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring - Posted Oct. 22
	Our October 2019 Newsletter Tour of Lower Sligo Oct. 12 Water Quality Roundtable Oct. 15 Sweep the Creek Success Fall Birders See 30 Species - Posted Oct 16
	Sweep Photos Rolling In Please visit our flickr page to see photos of our valiant volunteers! - Posted Sept 26
	Our September 2019 Newsletter Sweep the Creek this Weekend Bird Outing Sept 28 - Posted Sep 20
	Fall Out for the Sweep! Our semi-annual Sweep the Creek is set for Sept 21 and 22, and we hope you're set for it too. This is our way of helping to keep Sligo Creek Park clean for you--please volunteer to be a part of that effort. - Posted Sept 8
	Our August 2019 Newsletter Help Pull Invasives August 17 Sweep and Bird Outing in September Stream Restoration Work Thanks to Corinne Stephens Dramatic Osprey Catch in Sligo - Posted Aug 17
	Mid-Year Letter from the FOSC Board Thanks to all our FOSC Supporters--we couldn't do it all without you! See what your support has allowed us to accomplish so far this year. - Posted July 1
	Our July 2019 Newsletter Join Our Invasives Team for Monthly Pulls Long Branch Cleanup a Success Abundant Life at Our Stormwater Ponds - Posted July 12
	Mid-Year Letter from the FOSC Board Thanks to all our FOSC Supporters--we couldn't do it all without you! See what your support has allowed us to accomplish so far this year. - Posted July 1
	Our June 2019 Newsletter Celebrate Breewood Restoration June 8 Learn About Mowing for Pollinators June 25 FOSC Opposes Beltway Expansion Three Oaks Project Completed 60 Stone Ridge Students Remove Invasives Birders Find 33 Species - Posted June 3
	Our April/May 2019 Newsletter How Communities Can Control Mosquitoes April 25 Beltway Expansion Event April 24 Second Chance to Explore Nature in Long Branch May 11 Spring Bird Outing May 19 Spring Sweep Draws 430 Volunteers - Posted May 3
	I-495 / I-270 Town Hall Please join FOSC for a discussion hosted by Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker & other local officials, followed by a townhall on the proposed project. Please also read our letter of opposition to the project. - Posted Apr 30, Updated May 2
	Love Mosquitos? We don't! Come find out what you can do to reduce the mosquito population in your backyard. Posted Apr 21 New! Links to the powerpoint presentation and our event's video streaming can be found within the calendar entry
	White Squirrel = Albino Squirrel? Find out how they differ, and see what else is happening within the Sligo Creek watershed on our sightings page. - Posted Apr 17
	Stormwater Tales Ed Murtagh provides an overview of our March 30th tour. - Posted Apr 5
	Ready - Set - Sweep! Our semi-annual Sweep the Creek is set for April 13 and 14, and we hope you're set for it too. This is our way of helping to keep Sligo Creek Park clean for you--please volunteer to be a part of that effort. - Posted Mar 21
	Our March/April 2019 Newsletter Tour Bioswales, Wetlands & More March 30 Explore Nature in Long Branch April 7 Spring Sweep The Creek April 13-14 Grant for Condo Stormwater Project - Posted Mar 20
	FOSC 2018 Donations Up 40%! A big THANK YOU to all our supporters. Your donations in 2018 increased by 40 percent! Your hard-earned money has allowed us to: print English-language brochures and new for 2018, Spanish-language brochures; pay for water quality testing supplies; pay for room rentals for our presentations; maintain our kiosks along Sligo Creek; and most critically this past year, developing our new website, to launch later this year. We couldn't do this and more without your help. - Posted Mar 5
	It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week and unfortunately it's not something to cheer about. Check out the above link for events in the DC area (and beyond), or visit the USDA's main portal to get more information about this important issue. - Posted Feb 26
	Beltway Widening Discussion If you missed our discussion on Feb 21 with two representatives from the MNCPPC on the Beltway widening, you can watch our livestream of the event, or download the 6 page slideshow given, by visiting our calendar. - Posted Feb 24
	Feb 10th Park Hills Cleanup A Great Success! Thanks to the more than 40 people who came out to clean up this portion of Section 4. Almost 40 bags of trash & recyclables were collected. Special shout-out to Girl Scout Troop 34023! - Posted Feb 17
	Our January/February 2019 Newsletter Beltway Expansion Talk Feb. 21 Help Boy Scout with Bat Project Pepco to Plant Trees along Sligo Welcome New Board Members Recent Nature Sightings in Sligo - Posted Jan 30
	MLK Day of Service Join other members of your community for a "day on, not a day off." The MLK Day of Service is a part of United We Serve, the President's national call to service initiative. Visit the MNCPPC website for a list of cleanups taking place along Sligo Creek and other nearby parks and waterways. - Posted Jan 12
	Protect Sligo Creek From Excess Road Salt With predictions of our first significant snowfall this winter, something you can do to help protect Sligo and neighboring MD waterways is call 311 if you see piles of salt and/or sand on roads left by county trucks. The county is supposed to respond quickly to remove the piles. If that doesn’t work, call your county council member. It’s a simple step that can be very helpful to keep damaging piles of salt and sand from washing into our streams. - Posted Jan 11

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