Thursday, April 25, 2013
A mascot with the Bowie Baysox attended the event and took video of the kids working.
Key School students participated in a service project for the South River Federation at their Davidsonville Wildlife Sanctuary project site on Monday. Eighth-graders planted native tree species, wetland grasses, and switchgrass. They collaborated with volunteers from Double Tree Hotel, met the Bowie Baysox mascot, and took tours of the sanctuary. The project they worked on is a multistage water recovery system that uses a series of ponds to capture, filter and absorb runoff from the animals, according to The Key School. Key's participation was part of an Earth Day event that began with a film exemplifying individual sustainability activism and closing with an address of Earth Day's political and cultural history. Baysox mascot Rocko was …
Sunday, March 3, 2013
This week Patch reported on an accident on Friendship Road involving a dirt bike.
Here's a recap of some of the top news from Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch this week. To read more on any story click on the link. 1. Student Inspiration Leads Southern Art Teacher to National Recognition Southern High art teacher Michael Bell has won national awards, has helped his students win the national Rising Star Award four years in a row, was named Teacher of the Year—and that’s just during his day job. 2. Local Woman Creates Calendar, Raises Funds for AAMC Over the past six years, Davidsonville photographer Linda McCarthy has raised more than $80,000 for Anne Arundel Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) through proceeds raised from her Little Angel’s Calendar. 3. South River Federation Tackles 'Problem Pond' An $80,…
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Volunteers will be needed in March at the Davidsonville Wildlife Sanctuary to help finish the project.
An $80,000 restoration project by the South River Federation is underway at the Davidsonville Wildlife Sanctuary where a pond on the property is getting a major overhaul. Soon the project will be complete and that's when the community can help with the finishing touches. "We're hoping to get various school groups or other various volunteer groups to do planting, hopefully starting by early to mid-March," said Jennifer Carr, volunteer coordinator for South River Federation. The work on the pond isn't a beautification effort—it came out of necessity to improve environmental conditions in the area. "This project was identified in a study five years ago as the highest, single source of pollution in Beards Creek," said Kirk Mantay, South River …
