Save Font Hill Wetland Park!

Howard County will destroy habitat for Eagles, River Otters, Beavers, Owls and hundreds of other inhabitants of this ecosystem! 

Howard County  will be performing a stream “restoration” to obtain MS4 credits.  Stream “restorations” are destructive practices that are not supported by science yet are promoted by stormwater bureaucrats, engineers, developers and the politicians they support.  

The County describes this project as a "final phase" of the stabilization work, but it is actually just repairs of failed structures that were constructed during previous stream restorations in 2007 and 2019. Most stream restorations eventually fail and end up sending more sediment and pollution to the Bay.  Hundreds of trees will be killed by the heavy equipment required to do this unnecessary work.  The money wasted on this project could be used to plant trees or build thousands of rain gardens which are the real solutions.

The County has received their permit from the Maryland Department of the Environment, and could begin at any time.

THIS MATTER IS URGENT!!

Please - Add your signature to oppose the project!

Please contact our County Council members (call 410-313-2001 or email councilmail@howardcountymd.gov) and County Executive Calvin Ball (call 410-313-2013 or email cball@howardcountymd.gov)

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Go to

http://www.savefonthillpark.org/   for more information and additional public officials to contact.

Some recent comments and concerns regarding Stream Restorations include:           

They provide tremendous profit to private contractors at the expense of residents and our environment.

They do not have to achieve their stated goals and are prone to failure, they have a limited life expectancy.

They are one of the most environmentally harmful techniques performed to meet MS4 requirements.

They are favored by county bureaucrats and criticized by scientists.

They destroy habitat and functioning ecosystems with little regard for the existing wildlife.

They are a waste of taxpayer dollars who have little to no say about the approval of these projects.