BCWWG Logo (beaver)
Wetland Area Stream Cleanup Ashcroft Tributary Brook Lamprey in Hands BARC Field

Largest tree in Greenbelt Forest Preserve, a tulip poplar
Largest tree in Greenbelt forest preserve, a tulip poplarGreat Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Song Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Pielated Woodpecker
Pielated Woodpecker

Wood frog
Rana sylvatica, Wood Frog
Spring Peeper
Pseudacris crucifer, Spring Peeper
Eastern Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans, Northern Cricket Frog
American Toad
Bufo americanus, American Toad


Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group
Announcements & Upcoming Events
BCWWG Group at Largest Tree in Forest Preserve
Some GCWWG members pose in front of the largest tree in the Greenbelt forest preserve, a tulip poplar.

Check out our macroinvertibrate testing slide show!


Check out the slide show of our Sunnyside/Indian Creek cleanup on April 5th!


Tree Planting on Little Paint Branch
Saturday, April 12, 2008

Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
Place: on BARC property near IKEA (see map from flyer)

Join our sister watershed group, Friends of Little Paint Branch, COG and BARC and plant trees to recover riparian buffer along Little Paint Branch Creek. Download Flyer.


BCWWG Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Place: Greenbelt Elementary School, Media Room
66 Ridge Road, Greenbelt, MD

Our monthly planning meeting. Please come and join us and be a part of your local environmental movement.


Reel and Meal Deal—"Nature's Rights"
Monday, April 21, 2008

Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm (film at 7). Place: The New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt, MD (due to recent renovations, this venue may change)

Have an ecologically sound vegan meal for $10 and view a free social justice/ecological film and discussion at this series co-sponsored by BCWWG, Greenbelt Climate Action Network, Prince Georges Peace and Justice Coalition, and CHeseapeake Education, Arts and Research Society. This month's film is "Natures Rights" which addresses the question of what rights does nature have in contrast to rights of corporations and citizens.


Earth Day Event
Saturday, April 26, 2008

A cleanup event is in the planning stages. Stay tuned!


Green Man Festival
Sat., Sun., May 10-11, 2008

Time: 10 am - 4 pm Place: Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt, MD

BCWWG will again share a booth with our sister watershed watch groups Citizens to Conserve and Restore Indian Creek and Friends of Still Creek. Stay tuned for more details!