PRESS RELEASE
 
Contact Person:                Deborah Carpenter
                                                Director
                                                Garrett County Department of Planning & Land Management
                                                301-334-1920; [email protected]
 
Date:                                     September 14, 2015
 

The public is invited to attend a public meeting concerning the results of a stormwater assessment conducted in the North Glade Run subwatershed of the Deep Creek Lake Watershed.  The meeting will be held on Friday evening, September 25, 2015 at the Discovery Center, Deep Creek Lake State Park, 898 State Park Road, Swanton MD  21561 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.  Below is the tentative agenda for the meeting.  It is subject to change.
 
Those who cannot attend but still wish to provide input and keep abreast of the assessment as it progresses should visit  http://www.garrettcounty.org/planning-land-development/forms/north-glade-run-stormwater-assessment.  Those interested in more information should contact Deborah Carpenter at 301-334-1920 or [email protected].  Grant funding for this project was secured from the Chesapeake Bay Trust, in partnership with the US EPA & MD DNR. 
 

 

6:30 – 6:40

Welcome and Introductions
Deborah Carpenter, Director Garrett County Department of Planning and Land Management

 

6:40 – 7:20
Managing Your Stormwater – What can you do to help? 
Jackie Takacs, Watershed Restoration Specialist, University of MD Sea Grant Extension

 

7:20 – 8:00
North Glade Run Stormwater Assessment Results
 A. Morton Thomas & Associates (AMT)

 

8:00 – 8:15
Next Steps – Looking Into the Future
Deborah Carpenter, Director Garrett County Department of Planning and Land Management & Willie Lantz, Extension Educator, University of Maryland Extension

 

8:15 – 8:30
Questions and Answers

 

8:30
Adjourn