COLLEGE PARK, Md. landowners who might want to
VBrumer Creek Conservation Park install them on their own property
in Kent County, Md., will be un- for students and others in
veiled officially at an open house at m seeing how land can be
11 a.m. on Friday. Oct. 1. g*J? 83,(1 Mary
The 40-acre park which Skilling, district manager,
showcases farm, forestry and Skilling and other con
wildlife conservation practices, is servationists conduct tours of the
the only one of its kind in the state. P® l for civic and school groups.
Developed by the Kent Soil Con- According to SCS District Con
servation District and U.S. Soil servationist Ralph Timmons,
Conservation Service in con- nearly 300 fourth graders from the
junction with the Kent County county’s public, private and
Department of Parks and parochial schools are scheduled to
Recreation, the conservation park this year. Students from Cecil
is intended as a display and study County also use the park,
area for people concerned about Bordered by trees and
protecting land, water and surrounded on three sides by
wildlife. water, the conservation park is
“We wanted to have an area purt of a 116-acre recreation area
where we could display con- owned by the county. Swimming,
servation practices, not only for crabbing, fishing, boating, and
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Phone: 717-272-0871
picnicking are available nearby.
The site was also a major trading
and shipbuilding port in the late
17th and early 18th centuries. The
granary, built around 1830, is the
last remaining one in the county.
Other historic landmarks include
the Barroll or Knocks House and
the Lathim House.
Many of the practices installed
at the conservation park were done
with donated equipment, materials
and labor.
Agricultural practices designed
to control erosion include one grass
waterway with a rock rip-rap
outlet and'one with a drop pile
outlet, a cornfield planted by the
no-till method and diversions to
safely transport runoff across
steep slopes.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 25,1982—05
In a woodland, good and bad nesting boxes and one nesting box
forestry practices are demon- for woodducks.
strated. At one point, labels on the “We’re reaUyJust beginning,”
trees tell visitors how to identify says Stalling. “We plan to install
tree species by the bark. other practices as time and money
A 20- by 50-foot wildlife pond was allow. But for now, we want to let
blasted in a marsh near the people know we’re here and thank
headwaters of the creek. The open those who’ve helped,
water will provide a refuge and For tours or more information
resting place for ducks. Wildlife about wte Park, contact the soil
trees and shrubs were planted. Boy °^ lce Chestertown
Scouts installed about 10 squirrel at 301-778-5150.
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