New Map Resources Are Here
October 7, 2006
Now available as a CHEARS resource are several new maps, including a map of the Anacostia Watershed, as well as the particular 2-mile segment of the NW Branch Trail that has been adoped by the Earth Squad. The adopted segment is mapped in two ways – on a street map that includes both major and minor streets, and on a hybrid satellite map with only major streets shown overlaid on a satellite image. Both of these maps can also be obtained through the CHEARS interactive Googlemap of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed by zooming into the yellow marker located at the site of Adelphi Mill, MD. Click "Confluences" on the lefthand navigation list and enter an address beneath the map to jump anywhere within our watershed. Googlemap's new high resolution lets you almost look in the window where you live. Full Story

Earth Squad Trail Clean up and Water Monitoring
October 28, 2006
The Mother Jones Earth Squad will have its first trail clean up and water monitoring event from 9:30-11:30 AM on October 28. Tutees and Tutors of the Earth Squad will meet at Almost Home Room at 9:30 and go as a group to the Adelphi Mill part of the trail.
Location: Adelphi Mill-mile 4 to 6 of Northwest Branch Trail
Contact: Maggie Cahalan (maggie@chears.org) for more information
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