South River Source

Feel like you’d like to give to local charities, but don’t think your $25 contribution amounts to much? But what if you and 10 others each gave $25? Or 100 people each gave $25? That’s one of the reasons to participate in the Great Give 2013. It’s local philanthropy where everyone can participate. The Great [...]

Recently, students from Davidsonville Elementary‘s Green School spent the afternoon planting native vegetation at the Davidsonville Wildlife Sanctuary as part of the South River Federation‘s Watershed Restoration Project. Alongside teachers, parents and South River Federation staff members, the students planted 80 native trees, shrubs and grasses throughout the Sanctuary. According to Jennifer Carr, volunteer coordinator [...]

Local riverkeepers have planned any number of events and activities this month for volunteers to participate in. You can help to clean up the environment at most of the events listed below. We have listed them chronologically. April 5, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Davidsonville Wildlife Sanctuary Tree Planting (3156 Beards Point Road, Davidsonville). [...]

Homestead Gardens will host its annual Spring Open House  March 16th thru the 24th. This year’s theme is “Cherish the Chesapeake” in honor of the Chesapeake Bay. Leading experts will be on hand to talk about ways to protect the Bay including the Marylanders Plant Trees, South River Federation and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Adults [...]

The South River Federationheld a general membership meeting Tuesday night at Londontown Hall for the purpose of explaining how the South River is faring under a number of metrics. The group measures things we can see, like Water Clarity and the growth of Underwater Grasses, as well as things we can’t see, like Nitrogen, Phosphorus [...]

By Jennifer Carr, South River Federation The South River is a beautiful place to live.  However, this beauty can often be overshadowed by our miles of eroding shorelines.  Brenda Boultwood of Edgewater lives along Church Creek, one of the most degraded creeks in the South River.  The shoreline along her property had very visible erosion [...]