Learn How to Build a Rain Garden - April 21 Save Thou$and$- Build It Yourself FREE workshop and installation of a rain garden will be held on Saturday April 21 in St. Inigoes. Attendees will learn how to locate, design, install, and maintain an effective rain garden. The rain garden workshop and installation will begin at 9 AM and run for most of the day. Registration is required; call 301-862-3517 or email info@stmarysriver.org. Registrants will be provided with directions to the site. This volunteer event is an excellent way to fulfill community service hours. Rain/too wet Date - April 28        Read more. 32 Tires Makes for Huge Haul Great Mills, April 14, 2012—More than 20 volunteers paddled the St. Mary’s River Water Trail between Great Mills Canoe/Kayak Launch and Adkins Road on Saturday, April 14, 2012 collecting trash during the 4th Annual St. Mary’s River Cleanup. Volunteers collected 32 tires, 20 bags of trash and recyclables, and 800 lbs of loose trash.     Read more. Some of the volunteers for the 4th Annual St. Mary's River Clean-Up 40-Page Guide Published Available Free The forty-page guide, From My Backyard to Our Bay, A St. Mary's County Resident's Guide to Improving Our Environment and Drinking Water, is available free at area businesses, or you can download it from our web site. The Greenery and Hilltop Graphics, both in Hollywood, and Good Earth Natural Foods in Leonardtown have copies. Support your local businesses and get your free copy. Soon we will add more area businesses where you can get your free copy...including The Glass Garden Shop in Park Hall and Dyson's Building Center in Great Mills.    Download compressed version [3.8 MB] A download link to a high resolution PDF formatted version is available on our publications page.

You're Invited!       Join us in celebration of the St. Mary's River and a toast to relentless river advocate, Bernie Fowler. Join us for an afternoon brunch with the Senator as we enjoy delicacies and treasures from our rivers and the lands nearby. Imagine the river's clear waters as we indulge in tasty treats prepared by Chefs Michael and Lisa Kelley, and served with style by Canard's Catering. Watch your toes disappear as we move deeper with mugs of frothy brews, sip exquisite Slack Wines, and bid in the silent auction featuring original artwork, vacation packages, and many unique items. Read the press release - Buy Tickets. Sunday, May 20th from 1 pm to 4 pm at Woodlawn in Ridge, Maryland Save the Date Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:00 to 5:00 at Historic St. Mary's City        For more information 301-862-3517 or info@stmarysriver.org. Time-lapse: Oysters Filtering Water An adult oyster can filter 55 gallons of water each day. Once oysters filtered the entire Chesapeake Bay every few days. 303d Campaign to Restore the St. Mary's River The EPA has listed the St. Mary's River as an impaired tributary to the Chesapeake Bay. Simply stated, the river is polluted and it's getting worse, not better. Read More. Join the new 303d Campaign and become a River Guardian or a River Steward. Just updated: SMRWA recognizes donors to the 303d Campaign.

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St. Mary's River Watershed Association, Inc.
Post Office Box 94
St. Mary's City, MD 20686