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Greetings friends of Maryland's freshwater streams!
2009 Stream Waders Sample Pickup is from 10 A.M. to Noon on Saturday, May 2.
Please arrange to drop off your samples at your training site or one of the other training sites listed below. Remember to bring all your equipment, maps, paperwork, and samples! If you have any questions or concerns, please call the Stream Waders Hotline at 410-260-8623, (toll free in Maryland 1-877-620-8DNR, extension 8623)
or e-mail us at streamwaders@dnr.state.md.us
Directions to 2009 Sample Pickup Sites (Same as Training Sites):
Horn Point Environmental Science Education Center: Cambridge, MD
FROM POINTS NORTH: Take Ocean Gateway/ US-50 E across Senator Frederick C. Malkus Jr. Memorial Bridge crossing into Dorchester County. Turn right onto MD-343/ Washington St. Follow
MD-343 for about 3.2 miles and make a slight right at Horn Point Rd. Continue about 1.5 miles to the entrance of Horn Point Laboratory. The entrance can be distinguished by two pillars
surmounted by rams at the entrance. After about ½ mile turn right onto Morris Lane. From here follow signs to parking.
FROM POINTS SOUTH: Take Ocean Gateway/ US- 50 W to Cambridge. Turn left onto MD- 343/ Washington St. Follow MD-343 for about 3.2 miles and make a slight right at Horn Point Rd.
Continue about 1.5 miles to the entrance of Horn Point Laboratory. The entrance can be distinguished by two pillars surmounted by rams at the entrance. After about ½ mile turn
right onto Morris Lane. From here follow signs to parking. To see a map go to: http://hpl.umces.edu/visitorsInfo/hpel.htm
Patuxent River 4-H Center: 18405 Queen Anne Rd. Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
FROM WASHINGTON D.C.: Take theCapital Beltway 495/95 to exit 15. Take exit 15A, Central Avenue, Route 214 East. Go about 4 miles (you will see landmark railroad tracks) and exit onto
Rounte 301 South and follow for about 3/4 mile. Turn left onto Queen Anne Road. Follow this road for 2.2 miles to the 4-H Center enterence on the right. Turn right and bear left onto the
paved road. Go Through the green gate. Follow the paved road to the 4-H Center.
FROM BALTIMORE: Take Route 301 South to Queen Anne Road (just south of Route 214 and 5 miles south of Route 50). Turn left onto Queen Anne Road. Follow this road for 2.2 miles to the
4-H Center enterence on the right. Turn right and bear left onto the paved road. Go Through the green gate. Follow the paved road to the 4-H Center.
Fairview Outdoor Center: 12808 Draper Rd. Clear Spring, MD 21722
From Interstate 70 at Clear Spring (Exit 18, Maryland Rt. 68); go north into the town of Clear Spring about three blocks and turn left onto US Route 40; go west one block and turn
right at the traffic light onto Martin St.; at the end of Martin Street turn right on Broadfording Rd. and continue for about 100 yards; turn left onto Draper Rd.; go about 1/3 mile and
turn left into Fairview Outdoor Education Center (sign); follow the Center's main road past the large pond on your left; park in the large parking lot on the left; walk up the hill on the
paved road to the Roundhouse (follow the signs). To see a map go to:
http://www.wcboe.k12.md.us/custom_pages/495/Main/maps.htm
West Nottingham Academy: 1079 Firetower Rd. Colora, MD 21917
FROM THE NORTH: Interstate 95 South to Exit 100 (North East/Rising Sun). Exit toward Rising Sun and turn left on Rte. 274. Go exactly 5 miles to Barnes Corner Road on your left. Follow
Barnes Corner Road 1.9 miles to the traffic light (Rte. 276). Turn left on Rte. 276 and take first right on to Firetower Road. At the stop sign bear to your left onto campus. OR U.S. Rte
1 South to Maryland, Rte 276. Turn left on Rte. 276 (sign to Port Deposit); follow approximately 2.4 miles to Firetower Rd. on the right. Enter Firetower Rd. and go to stop sign, bear
left onto campus.
FROM THE SOUTH: Interstate 95 North to Exit 93 (Port Deposit/Perryville) At top of exit ramp turn right and follow Rte. 222 to Rte. 275 (continue straight through blinker light) to
Rte. 276. Turn right on Rte. 276 and follow exactly 3.3 miles to Firetower Rd. on left. Enter Firetower Rd., go to stop sign and bear left onto campus. OR U.S. Rte. 1 North to Maryland
Rte. 276. Turn right (sign to Port Deposit) and follow Rte. 276 approximately 2.4 miles to Firetower Rd. on your right. Enter Firetower Rd., go to stop sign, and bear left onto
campus.
FROM ANNAPOLIS: 301S/50W exit left to I-97/Washington/Baltimore. Merge onto I-97 exit 21 toward Baltimore. Take the left exit toward I-895/Harbor Tunnel. This becomes I-95N. Take exit
93/MD-222 Perryville/Port Deposit. Take aright onto MD-222/MD-275/Perrylawn Dr. Take a right onto Jacob Tome Memorial Hwy/MD-222/twd MD-276. Take a left on Firetower Rd.
2008 Stream Waders Sampling Manual (2.3 MB pdf file)
Thank You to all who volunteer!
Maryland Volunteer/Professional Comparison
Volunteer Macroinvertebrate Monitoring is the theme of the publication "The Volunteer Monitor". Page 18 of this newsletter has an article on the comparison of
Stream Waders and Maryland Biological Stream Survey data comparisons. The newsletter is available online: http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/newsletter/volmon17no2.pdf
For more information, call DNR's Stream Waders hotline at 410-260-8623
(toll free in Maryland 1-877-620-8DNR, extension 8623)
or e-mail us at streamwaders@dnr.state.md.us
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