Mill Creek Restoration Project

An overview of the Department of Public Works project to restore the Mill Creek watershed is available here: Overview - Mill Creek Restoration. According to this letter of May 3rd, 2021, restoration of the Mill Creek stream channel and associated outfalls located between College Parkway and Jones Station Road, including the reach below Jones Station Road, will begin this month. A copy of the Design Development Report for the restoration of Lower Mill Creek is available here: Lower Mill Creek Design Development Report.

Broadneck Peninsula Trail Project

Phase III of the Broadneck Peninsual Trail project, which will run along College Parkway from Bay Dale Drive to Anne Arundel Community College, is expected to commence this Fall. An overview of the project, current status, and schedule are available here: Broadneck Peninsula Trail Project.

Spring 2021 Community Newsletter

Dear Neighbors, here's a link to the community newsletter that I distributed today: Spring 2021 Newsletter.

Nice Resource on the Brood X Cidadas

USA Today published a nice visual guide on the Brood X cicadas that have been emerging in our neighborhood and elsewhere in the Mid-Atlantic over the past couple of weeks:

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2021/03/30/a-visual-guide-to-2021-cicadas/4670176001/ 

2021 Mosquito Control Program Info and Exemption

Campus Green is enrolled in the Maryland Department of Agriculture Mosquito Surveillance and Control Program, which will be conducted between May 26th - October 5th 2021.  Our community is scheduled for fogging on Wednesdays, between 7 pm and 2:30 am, but treatments will be limited to disease case response and exceptionally high population density of adults, to be determined on a case by case basis, as outlined in the community notice available here.  The 2021 standard operating procedures for the Mosquito Control Program are available here.  

To request exemption for your property from the spraying, you can download, print, and complete this form or request a hardcopy via email to CampusGreenAssoc@gmail.com. 

If you have the capability to scan in your completed form, please email it to Sarah Zastrow, Entomologist, at mosquito.control@maryland.gov.  You can also send it by U.S. mail to:

Program Supervisor
Mosquito Control Section
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway

Annapolis, MD 21401

If you have previously requested exemption from spraying, your exemption remains on record, and you do not need to resubmit an exemption request.  

I recently received this update from MDA on the products used to control mosquitos:

To:	Communities participating in the Mosquito Control Program
From:	Maryland Department of Agriculture, Mosquito Control Program
Re:	Update on Products Used for Ultra-Low Volume  Truck-Based Spraying
Date:	May 20, 2021

As a participant in the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) Mosquito Control Program, we are writing to provide an update on the products used by the program for Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) truck-based spraying of adult mosquitoes. 

Last month, the program was made aware of private lab results indicating possible Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminants in Permanone 30-30. Out of an extreme abundance of caution, the program has decided to temporarily suspend use of this product while the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducts an inquiry into these findings. Once the EPA testing is complete, the program will make a final decision.

In the interim, the program will use BioMist 30-30 and PermaSease 30-30 for any truck-based ULV applications. These products have similar active ingredients and we have received assurances from both manufacturers that measures have been taken to eliminate the use of materials (fluorinated containers) believed to be the source of PFAS contamination in other products. 

We do not anticipate any major disruption in service due to this precautionary and temporary change. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the Mosquito Control Program at 410-841-5870.

For additional information on the mosquito control program:

http://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/pages/mosquito_control.aspx 

http://mda.maryland.gov/plants-pests/Pages/mc_product_labels_material_safety_data_sheets.aspx