Generating Collective Knowledge at the Potomac Open House

Anna Calderón, Nick An, Pheej Lauj (Pheng Lor), Lawren Caldwell, Sidney Anderson, and Lili Badri ·

On a sunny Thursday in July, over 40 community members throughout the greater Frederick County in Maryland participated in the very first Potomac Watershed Open House.

Group photo of the COAST Card team at Sideling Hill.

An Adventure Along the Potomac

Anna Calderón and Lawren Caldwell ·

After attending the planning meeting for a community-engagement open house at Hood College, we set out on an adventure throughout the Upper Potomac. Traveling along the river, we visited several idyllic locations that play significant roles in the watershed’s ecosystem and function.

An image of a wide and rocky white-water section of the Potomac, with the water rushing over and between jagged boulders.

Imagining a Participative Potomac: A Meeting at Hood College

Anna Calderón and Nick An ·

This past Wednesday, on June 15th, we had the opportunity to take our first step in utilizing the COAST (Coastal Ocean Assessment for Sustainability and Transformation) Card framework on the Potomac watershed at Hood College in Frederick County.