Throughout the past twenty five years, our board members have worked with many agencies and interests in Frederick County and beyond, instigating model conservation projects and providing a forum for residents on topics ranging from energy conservation to women's issues. Some of their collaborative efforts include:

• Developmennt of Hood College's Marx Center;
  
• Construction of a solar home/greenhouse with a hydroponic aquaculture system designed by Dr. Tom Hopkins and Dr. John Darnell;
  
• Fountain Rock Nature Center, Frederick County Parks and Recreation;
  
• Monocacy Basin Stream Monitoring Project, Hood College, Dept. of Biology; and
  
• Monocacy Watershed: A Shared Responsibility Conference, with key participants, Gov. Parris Glendening, U.S. Senator Charles Mathias, and MD Secretary of the Environment Jane Nishida.

More Recently . . .
Conservation Network

Community Commons publishes a semi-annual journal titled commonsense. Our membership receives the publication as a benefit, but you to can read exerpts from the journal, right here on our web site.

We are always seeking contributors of photography and narratives. If you are interested in submitting a piece, call our office to find out our upcoming journal theme.

Monocacy Basin Stream Monitoring Project

In order to introduce area youth to stream ecology and the natural world, we partner with the Monocacy Basin Stream Monitoring Project (MBSMP) within Hood College's Department of Biology. The project trains area middle and high school teachers water quality monitoring techniques. Each semester, approximately 400 students monitor tributaries of the Monocacy River and Catoctin Creek with the support of this project.

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