recent event: NNWB at GreenFest 2019
All set up and ready to go!
Recent events: Hike on the Underground Railroad Experience Trail: 3/16/19
The group prepares to skirt the field to the trailhead. Photo by Trey Sherard.
St. Camillus Youth Group de-littered the slopes behind the Northwest Park Apartments just above the NW Branch.
October 28, 2017, at Burnt Mills
October-November 2019 stream cleanups: Improving the health of the Northwest Branch. Thanks to all who helped!
On Oct. 26, 17 volunteers, mostly members of the National Junior Honor Society, hauled 17 bags of trash and assorted metal objects from the Northwest Branch at Burnt Mills, upstream of Colesville Rd. Photo by J. Hornick.
Winter along the Northwest Branch
Snow on the rocks, and riffles in the stream. Photo by Deb Briceland-Betts. 2/2/21
Spring, summer, fall on the NWB! More pics welcome. Send to anne@neighborsnwb.org.
Masses of wood frog eggs. Bel Pre Creek area. Photo by Glenn Welch, 3/4/20.
NWB Presentation 9.1.2020_Final (pdf)
DownloadPresentation: Wheaton Regional Park Master Plan, 10/1/19
Chuck Kines, Montgomery County Parks Planner/Coordinator, updated us on the thinking behind the update of the Wheaton Park Master Plan. Although a regional park, Wheaton must also function as a local park, as it lies in a densely populated area. His slide presentation, downloadable below, included maps and demographics. The Parks Department is in the early stages of planning and welcomes input from park users.
WRP_MP_outreach presentation to community groups fall 2019 v2 (pdf)
DownloadNWB Fall 2020 Cleanups: W. Hyattsville Metro 10/31, upper NWB Trail from Alderton Rd. 11/7
AWS-NNWB workers under the Metro bridge span after the morning's work. Photo by Jonathan Stephanoff. 10/31/20.
Lamberton stream cleanup Sept. 29, 2019 (Photos by Jason Hornick)
Getting ready.
NNWB cleanup on the upper NWB, 5/4/19 : 12 volunteers, 18 bags, 3 tires, car parts, surf board. Fantastic job! Thanks to everyone!
Jennifer came down from Burtonsville to help out!
April 13, 2019 cleanups: Kemp Mill Rd., Lamberton Trib, Burnt Mills, and W. Hyattsville Metro.
Kemp Mill Rd. site: NNWB teamed up with One Montgomery Green. 14 workers collected 12 bags of trash, 5 of recyclables.
Spring cleanup at Burnt Mills, Woodmoor side, April 6, 2019: 28 bags of trash, 4 of recyclables, legacy metals, 6 tires
Most of the group, all smiles, bags in hand, ready to set out. Photo by leader Frank Sprtel..
NW Branch Cleanups from the Archives
Interesting find at Burnt Mills
Interesting find at Burnt Mills
Interesting find at Burnt Mills
Pterosaurs evidently went extinct rather recently and can still be found when we do cleanups.
Burnt Mills 2013
Interesting find at Burnt Mills
Interesting find at Burnt Mills
Board member Suzanne Donohue and Carolyn Hush pull trash from the NWB.
Burnt Mills 2013
Interesting find at Burnt Mills
Burnt Mills 2013
Navigating the boulders, handing up the litter.
Nov. 14 cleanup, NWB downstream from Kemp Mill Rd. trailhead: a challenging in-stream job well done! Thanks, everyone!
One of several dams created in the NWB by fallen trees catching woody debris, leaves, mud, and trash. We assumed that hidden in that debris would be lots of litter. Plucking it out and poking holes for the water to go through were our goals. Photo by A. Ambler, 11/14/20.