Countywide Stream Protection Strategy 

Welcome to the Montgomery County, Maryland
Countywide Stream Protection Strategy Web Site

Through this website, information can be accessed about the condition of local streams, and the land use characteristics of the watersheds that drain to these streams.  Use the map below or go directly to Maps to access data about stream biological conditions, existing land use and projected development in each County watershed.

For more detailed discussion, start with the Methodology section which provides background on the County's watershed management and protection programs and basic watershed management concepts.  Follow with subsequent chapters that identify the priority watersheds that the County is focusing on.  Then go to the Watershed Assessments section to learn more about each watershed and what management strategy is being pursued to protect and restore streams.

The CSPS will be updated periodically to incorporate new data and reflect progress.  Information in this version is based on monitoring data collected through the summer of 1997.

Contents

Executive Summary

Acknowledgments

Glossary of Terms

Chapter 1.  Overview and Findings

Chapter 2.  Methodology

Chapter 3.  Watershed Management Priorities

Chapter 4.  Public Stewardship of Streams

Literature Cited

Watershed Assessments

Appendix A

Contacts

Montgomery County, MD Watershed Map

Click on the Watershed that you are interested in or click here for a more detailed map.

Click here for a list of watersheds in each of Montgomery Counties zip codes.

Prepared by
Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection

In cooperation with
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

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For further information, questions, or comments on the Countywide Stream Protection Strategy please contact Pamela Rowe, pamela.rowe@montgomerycountymd.gov

For comments and questions about this web site please contact Chris Bingley, chris.bingley@montgomerycountymd.gov

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