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Friday, Dec. 5, 2008

The watershed restoration action strategy has been in steady progress, solidifying a plan to keep our river clean, since May 2008. The project aims to protect and restore habitat and water quality in the St. Mary's River watershed by utilizing technical reports and local community input. As of October, we have successfully completed the stream technical reports; they are available at www.stmarysriver.org/. We are now transitioning into our public outreach phase. This means we need to hear from you about your experiences with the St. Mary's River.

The St. Mary's River Watershed Association has launched an online forum to facilitate this ongoing discussion. Sign up today for the Chesapeake watershed forum and have access to the St. Mary's River group's forum as well as 30 other groups. Go to www.chesapeakenetwork.org/welcome.htm and click the link at the top right "Register For This Network." You can choose whether to receive discussion entries via e-mail or Web browser — or choose to receive periodic summaries. And you can choose to terminate your registration at any time. Add "St. Mary's River" to your groups.

Please use this tool to share with us your experiences with the river. Whether it is history of land in the watershed that you would like documented, public policy affecting the river that you would like to see addressed or an area you would like to see protected, your input is vital. We look forward to hearing from you.

Megan Hession, St. Mary's City

The writer is a student at St. Mary's College of Maryland and a public process intern with St. Mary's River Watershed Restoration Action Strategy.