Coronavirus Time and Nature
- Host an individual clean-up, which is just what it sounds like: you and family members getting some daily exercise with a pair of gloves, a trash bag, and whatever patch of the Corsica watershed means the most to you. One local group, Help Clean Up Our Earth, is holding socially distanced and appropriately masked events with pick-ups by the county. Send an email to helpcleanupourearth@gmail.com to be notified of their future events or to suggest an area in need of cleaning up. You can also gather and deposit glass, paper, cardboard, cans, and plastic bottle recyclables in our Queen Anne’s County igloos. For locations, visit https://www.qac.org/DocumentCenter/View/742/Midshore-Recycling-Guide-PDF?bidId=
- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting virtual tours of Maryland state parks on it’s YouTube channel. Check out corn snakes in Tuckahoe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di18qrhsF4c and an overview of the Harriet Tubman museum in Cambridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMYRuLlJ89E
- The Natural Historical Society of Maryland has a series of free and low cost seminars on geology, reptiles, crabs,shells, and other facets of the natural world that can be found in our watershed. For more information, see https://www.marylandnature.org/get-involved/events/
Recreation
- Corsica River Water Trails – https://www.qac.org/DocumentCenter/View/5996/Corsica-River-Water-Trail—Revised-May-3-2016-PDF
- Swimming Guide – https://www.theswimguide.org/
- QAC County Parks and Recreation – https://www.qac.org/1015/Parks
Lawn and Garden
- Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping – https://www.fws.gov/chesapeakebay/pdf/NativePlantsforWildlifeHabitatandConservationLandscaping.pdf
- Fertilizer Use – The Maryland Lawn Fertilizer Law prohibits the application of phosphorus or nitrogen containing products during fall and winter months on lawns or to melt ice and snow. For details, see https://mda.maryland.gov/Pages/fertilizer.aspx
- Invasive Plant Species – https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/invasive-species
- Invasive Species – https://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/plants_wildlife/Invasives/invintro.aspx
- Rain Gardens – https://extension.umd.edu/watershed/rain-gardens
- Baywise Program – https://extension.umd.edu/baywise
- Helping the Bees with tips from the Xerces Society – https://beecityusa.org/no-mow-may/
Agricultural Conservation
- State Conservation Programs – https://mda.maryland.gov/resource_conservation/Pages/default.aspx
- Federal Conservation Assistance – https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/conservation-programs/conservation-reserve-enhancement/index
- County Soil Conservation District http://www.qascd.com/
Water Quality
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources – https://dnr.maryland.gov/waters/bay/Pages/water-quality.aspx
- Environmental Protection Agency Section 319 reporting – https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-10/documents/md_corsica.pdf
- Summer bacteria levels https://www.shorerivers.org/swim
- Status of oyster restoration https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/62246ed670914525a84041ad2e13749d
Trash
- Recycling Information – https://md-queenannescounty2.civicplus.com/972/Recycling
Stormwater Management
- Standards and Techniques to Manage Stormwater – https://www.qac.org/997/Stormwater-Management