July

RIDE FOR THE RIVERS

2009 Eastern & Western Shore Tributary Cycle Training &
Ride for the Rivers Fundraiser for Scenic Rivers Land Trust

Join our President, Dr. Cliff Andrew and his cycling buddy Dr. Bill Hunter, for any part or all of these summer training runs through twelve tributaries on both shores of the Chesapeake Bay in July and August, culminating in our second fundraiser Ride for the Rivers along the C&O Canal from DC to Pittsburgh over 4 days in late August.

July 11  - Cycle Training (1 day)
Western Shore - Anne Arundel County 25-50 mi 
Severn, South, Rhode, West, Patuxent Rivers
Start: Annapolis High School, Annapolis 7AM

Aug 8-9 - Cycle Training (2 days)
Eastern Shore - Queen Anne’s, Kent County 50-100 mi
Chester, Sassafras, Elk Rivers
Start: Washington College, Chestertown 7AM

Aug 16-17 – Cycle Training (2 days)
Eastern Shore - Talbot, Dorchester County 100-200 mi  
Miles, Tred Avon, Choptank, Nanticoke Rivers
Start: Easton High School, Easton 7AM

Aug 28-31 - Ride for the Rivers Fundraiser (4 days)
Washington DC, Cumberland MD, Pittsburgh PA 200-400 mi 
Chesapeake-Ohio Canal, Great Allegheny Passage
Start: Annapolis High School, Annapolis 6AM
Potomac River, Casselman, Youghiogheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers

All of the cycle training runs as well as the final Ride for the Rivers from the Potomac to the Ohio, provide ample opportunities to immerse in a natural environment away from the urban landscape. This year he will be joined by Dr. Bill Hunter and the two welcome anyone else who wants to experience the instinctive bond between human beings and other living systems to join them in this project.

To sponsor Dr. Andrew or Dr. Hunter or to register for any distance, call 410-424-4000 or 410-404-7170, or log onto http://www.srlt.org/woods/signup.php. This major SRLT fundraiser’s goal is to raise $10,000 ($30,000 with a July-August 2:1 Biophilia match) for SRLT.

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WETLAND CANOE TRIP

July 25 - Wetland Canoe Trip,  Tour Muddy Creek on the Rhode River 

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SMITHSONIAN

July 25  -   Smithsonian Environmental Research Center  /  Contee’s Wharf Road Edgewater  /   Rhode River 10AM – 12 Noon 
Join us on a 2 hour tour through this Chesapeake Bay wetland within the 579 acre parcel protected by SRLT’s newest conservation easement. You can either use SERC canoes or bring your own.  $25/person.  Call (410) 424-4000 to register.

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Come meet kindred spirits, get some fresh air and exercise, and help clean up debris from an important 66 acre wooded parcel in the Greenway. Completion of this cleanup effort will clear the way for purchase by Anne Arundel County. The parcel will then become part of over 800 contiguous acres of forests and wetlands owned by the county in the Greenway. 

Work gloves, boots and enthusiasm are all that are necessary.