Humans and aquatic organisms alike flock to Coastal environments. About half of the US population lives along our shorelines, and about 75% of commercially important fish species utilize and depend upon coastal environments. With such at stake, we must study, protect and conserve these ecosystems. The Center will strive to connect students with coastal environments, research important issues, and provide local opportunities to make a change.
Something as simple as water from a downspout contributes to a number of unwanted consequences. Roofs and other impervious surfaces alter natural hydrology, increasing the volume of stormwater runoff. This has a variety of impacts including streambank erosion, potholes, unwanted algae from nutrient pollution, bacterial contamination, and flash floods. Fortunately, there are simple, low-cost ways to help decrease the volume of runoff, and minimize the pollutant potential of surface water leaving our properties.
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Registration is open for the Coastal Studies Semester this fall. Click here for more information.
Final Schedule of Activities for Green Neighbor Festival 2018 Announced
The second annual Green Neighbor Festival will take place May 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Culler Lake in Baker Park, and the schedule of events has been announced. The festival will highlight sustainable living practices, environmentally friendly activities, and “green” businesses in Frederick County. Families are invited to come out, meet their neighbors […]
Green Neighbor Festival Evening Film Announced
“WASTED! The Story of Food Waste” FREE MOVIE EVENT Sponsored by Frederick Zero Waste Alliance, Envision Frederick County, Sierra Club – Catoctin Group, and Hood – CCWS Saturday May 12, 2018, 7:00 p.m. Hood College Hodson Auditorium in the Rosenstock Hall Wasted! The Story of Food Waste aims to change the way people buy, cook, […]
GNF2018 Vendor & Sponsor Registration Now Open
Environmentally-conscious business and organizations are sought for vendors at this year’s Green Neighbor Festival Saturday May 12, 2018 Festival times: 10 am – 4 PM At Culler Lake in Baker Park, Frederick, MD West 2nd Street & College Terrace Hood College’s Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies (CCWS) and the Friends of Baker Park are once […]
Save-the-Date Green Neighbor Festival 2018
Mark your calendars for the next Green Neighbor Festival spring 2018. Held once again at restored Culler Lake Park in Frederick, MD, the Festival will educate and inspire sustainable habits everyone can adopt to protect natural resources. Vendor information will be published before the end of the calendar year. Until then reserve time in your […]
CCWS completes first semester of BWET-STEM program at Walkersville High
Project BWET-Schoolyard Thermal Evaluation & Mitigation (STEM) recently completed its very first semester at Walkersville High School. FOT students were trained in building custom temperature loggers, while EnvSci students used the loggers and other data variables to measure their schoolyard’s heat island impacts on a local stream. Read more about BWET-STEM’s first year…
Connie Ray, MNSP joins CCWS Staff
Welcome Connie Ray to CCWS! Connie is an Americorps VISTA volunteer for the 2017-2018 year, serving as project coordinator of the Growing for a Healthy Future program. Learn more about Connie and the Growing for a Healthy Future program.
Held in conjunction with the Celebrate Frederick Behind the Garden Gates Tour, the inaugural Green Neighbor Festival had nearly 1000 attendees to take part activities throughout the day such as: the Culler Lake Tour of newly restored environmental features, nearly 40 vendors, bluegills release and tree tours of the area. Vendors in attendance included: Bartlett […]
Maryland Biological Stream Survey at Hood College
The Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies sponsored the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) annual Summer Maryland Biological Stream Survey training which was held at Hood College last week, May 27 – 30. More than fifty people from the DNR, Versar, and other environmental service organizations attended the training to learn more about freshwater taxonomy […]
Spring has come to Culler Lake
Nycticorax nycticorax is more commonly known as the Black Crowned Night Heron. Black Crowned Night Herons make their summer homes in Frederick (and other areas in North America) to breed, and then travel back down south to Mexico and Central America during their non-breeding season. As their name suggests, they are much more active at […]
