Sligo Creek Constructed Wetlands

This project was undertaken to intercept, detain, and cleanse runoff carried by storm drain outfalls which previously discharged directly into Sligo Creek. The projects created depressions in existing floodplains to capture storm drain flows and release the discharges through a weir that maintains water levels to support a wetlands habitat. These constructed wetlands were designed to recreate lost habitat for frogs, salamanders, and turtles which had been long absent in developed portions of much of the Sligo Creek watershed. Amphibians used this habitat as a refuge during the 1999 and 2002 droughts, when parts of Sligo Creek dried up and became segmented due to a lack of rainfall and supplementing groundwater inflows. The wetlands also provide habitat for ducks and birds. [based on DEP's 2003 report on Montgomery County's Commitment to Anacostia Watershed Restoration]

In the fall of 2005, FoSC, COG and M-NCPPC had a workday to improve the forest buffer in and around some of the Forest Glen wetlands. See www.fosc.org/AL-TreePlantingNov2005.htm

For more information about Sligo's constructed wetlands, see www.fosc.org/PDF/GodwinMarsh.pdf.