Did you know that you can contribute to the Conservancy’s efforts without leaving your desk? Many workplaces conduct annual giving campaigns each fall, allowing their employees to make regular contributions to worthy causes through payroll deduction.
If your company participates in one of these regional campaigns, you can use our code for no-hassle giving.
This year's report provides a look at one of the most pressing issues in the Potomac region--polluted stormwater runoff. Rapid, channel-eroding runoff wreaks havoc on our streams, particularly those in urban areas. Instead of allowing the earth to naturally absorb and filter water from storms, we have created systems to channel rainwater with curbs and stormdrains. This runoff travels quickly to our local streams, and along the way it is warmed by hot pavement and polluted with pathogens, chemicals, and trash.
Our report has identified the high percentage of "impervious" surfaces such as roofs, pavement, and parking lots as the main culprit. Accessories to the crime include areas that have been paved over with turf grass, such as our ball fields and golf course, and yes, our lawns
Your increased contribution to Potomac Conservancy today will have twice the impact on our efforts to protect and restore the nation’s river and its tributaries.
Thanks to a generous grant from the Agua Fund, any new or increased gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $27,500. Make your contribution online at www.potomac.org or by returning the envelope in this newsletter. But you must make your gift by December 31 to double your money!
For more information, contact Monica Lyman, Development Associate, at lyman@potomac.org or 301.608.1188, x205.
Recent Release: The Valley and The Creek, The Timeless Connection between Fort Valley, Virginia, and Passage Creek is now available. Click here to download the pdf (3.32 MB).
Passage Creek Aquatic Community Assessment: The Conservancy, and researchers from Virginia Tech's Department of Fisheries and Wildlife launched a comprehensive study of this North Fork Shendanoah River tributary in 2007. Our report is available here.
Our 2007 Annual Report is now available online. Click here to download.
The State of the Nation's River report provides an overview and assessment of the condition of the nation's river and offers solutions on how to meet the needs of our populace while maintaining vigorous and healthy lands and waters.
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Spring 2008 Question:
What Maryland town suffered a catastrophic flood on St. Patty's Day, 1936?
