REMINDER: Calling all Lovers of Nature, Wildflowers, Birds & Critters
Join The Friends of Ten Mile Creek on our Annual Spring Watershed and Wildflower Walk
When: Saturday April 18th, 10am-2pm.
Where: Meet at 10am at the Cinque Farm 22300 Slidell Road, Boyds, MD. From there we will drive to our starting point, the Beck Farm, a mile away.
Read MoreThe tributaries and main stem of Ten Mile Creek are home to many species of fish and amphibians. We have identified 26 fish species and 14 amphibian species that occur in Ten Mile Creek and its tributaries based on the list of species that Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) found in the tributaries and main stem of Ten Mile Creek from 1994 to 2025
Read MoreFOTMC has been leading annual Spring Watershed/Wildflower walks to introduce people to the unique flora of the Ten Mile Creek Watershed and to enjoy the beauty of the surrounding forest and streams. On beautiful spring Day in April, a group of 20 intrepid explorers gathered at the Cinque’s, where Jay ferried our group on the tractor-pulled hay wagon to our starting point, across the Ten Mile Creek Ford, to where our exploration of the Watershed and Wildflowers began. This Spring outing was special because it took place on the 50-acre tract of land that Norman Mease gifted to our organization.
Read MoreFOTMC is the proud recipient of a generous land donation. Norman Mease, a FOTMC Board Member, donated 52 acres of his land, encompassing both sides of Ten Mile Creek, to the continued care and oversight of Friends of Ten Mile Creek and Little Seneca Reservoir
Read MoreJohn Parrish and rg Steinman will be leading the The Friends of Ten Mile Creek and Little Seneca Reservoir (FOTMC) annual Watershed/Wildflower walk from 10:00 to 2:00 on Saturday, April 19th. We are calling this a Watershed/Wildflower Walk because FOTMC is a watershed group, with wildflowers as one component of the watershed. We will meet at the Cinque Farm, 22300 Slidell Rd, at 10:00 am and depart, by hay wagon, at 10:15 to cross the ford, where our walk begins….
Read MoreUpdated 10/10/2024: The Friends of Ten Mile Creek and Little Seneca Reservoir will hold our Annual Meeting on October 19 at 1 pm in the Gothic Dairy Barn at the Linden Farm in Dickerson (20900 Martinsburg Road, Dickerson, MD 20842). It will be a Potluck, and there will be live music....
Read MorePoolesville Day is just around the corner, September 21, from 10:00 - 4:00. Poolesville Day is a one-day, family-friendly FREE event in the agricultural reserve. Friends of Ten Mile Creek and Little Seneca Reservoir will have a booth with members available to describe who we are and what we do and brochures with more details.
If you have never attended Poolesville Day, there is an excellent description, with photos and map, online.
For more details, visit the official website, https://www.poolesvilleday.com/
Save the date:
The Friends of Ten Mile Creek and Little Seneca Reservoir will hold their Annual Meeting on October 19 at 1 pm @ the Cinque Farm. It will be a PotLuck. All are welcome! More to come.
The Friends of Ten Mile Creek & Little Seneca Reservoir will be leading a Watershed and Wildflower Walk on Saturday April 13th from 12:00 to 4:00 pm. If it’s raining, we will postpone it to Sunday April 14th at noon.
Read MoreAs earth moving begins on Pulte's Creekside at Cabin Branch development the stream is likely to become cloudy after rainstorms and sediment will be most visible to the public at the stream ford. FoTMC members have also noticed more instances of illegal dumping at the ford and along West Old Baltimore Road. Read more for links to report any violations you might witness.
Read MoreBoth Ten Mile Creek and Little Seneca Reservoir are located within Seneca Creek watershed, Montgomery County’s largest watershed and a designated drinking water supply. The major threat to these waterbodies is urbanization (a.k.a. sprawl) from proposed development projects. During urbanization, developers take down forests and farms, then they grade, compact and pave-over the land; the resulting runoff over time erodes streams, and silts-in lakes and the Chesapeake Bay with sediment.
Read MoreWater, the elixir of life, is an essential component of our existence. It is a fundamental resource that sustains all forms of life on Earth. Indeed, we can live without a house or clothing for months, we can live without food for weeks, but to live without water is measured in terms of days and hours.
Read MoreTen Mile Creek is teeming with life. As you peer into its waters, you might see fish, perhaps some small darters or sculpin. In the spring, larger fish swim up from Little Seneca Lake to spawn in its quiet pools.
Read MoreFoTMC testified on behalf of the Ten Mile Creek watershed at Montgomery County Planning Board hearings in December 2020 and again in September 2021. Nevertheless, the Montgomery County Planning Board approved the Pulte plan, in violation of the language, intent, and spirit of the Ten Mile Creek Area Limited Amendment adopted in 2014.
Read MoreOn Sunday, April 16th thirty-four eager adventurers attended our first Ten Mile Creek wildflower walk. We began the hike from the Cinque Farm on Slidell Road walking downhill through Ten Mile Creek Conservation Park to a tributary - one of seven main tributaries of Ten Mile Creek - of Ten Mile Creek. RG Steinman and John Parrish pointed out wildflowers and other plants along the way.
Read MoreThe Friends of Ten Mile Creek will be leading a wildflower walk on Sunday, April 16th at noon. We hope to see such early spring wildflowers as Trout Lilies, Bloodroot, Hepatica, Dwarf Ginseng, Wood Anemone, Rue Anemone, Toothworts, Spring Beauty, Early Saxifrage, and Violets! Another highlight of our walk includes uncommon County trees – the Eastern Hemlock and Shagbark Hickory. In the event of heavy rain, our rain date is Sunday, April 23rd.
Read MoreBeginning in 2019, John Parrish began an inventory of the flora of public lands in the Ten Mile Creek watershed. Together, these properties encompass about 600 acres. This represents one-fifth of the watershed acreage north of West Old Baltimore Road.
So far, John’s surveys have documented over 450 native plant species.
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