News From The Friends
Picture Your Park: 2015 Baker Park Calendar
At its annual meeting, Friends of Baker Park board members (standing, left to right) Roberta McNamara and Betsy Fisher plus (seated, left to right) Jen Waldo and Sarah Costlow announced a calendar photo contest called Picture Your Park for a 2015 Friends of Baker Park...
Get Involved: Frederick’s 4th of July
Friends of Baker Park, Inc., is a non-profit, volunteer-staffed community service organization dedicated to fostering community involvement with Frederick City Government in the preservation, restoration, use, and maintenance of Baker Park. We’re also proponents of...
Shared Use Path Plan Under Route 15
At the recent Annual Membership meeting, City of Frederick Engineer Tim Davis spoke of the plan to place a tunnel under the south bound ramps of Route 15. This work is part of the 27 mile shared use path and will link Baker and Waterford parks. The project is...
Scoop the Poop Pledge – City of Frederick Initiative
Dog poop left on the ground does not fertilize the ground or just magically disappear. It is picked up by storm water runoff and runs into storm drains that ultimately empty into the Chesapeake Bay. This water is not treated or cleaned before it enters the bay, so pet...
Linking Waterford and Baker Parks via a Shared Use Path
City of Frederick Engineer Tim Davis debriefed Friends of Baker Park board members in October, 2013, on the planned design and construction timetable for a shared use path that will link Waterford and Baker Parks. Information contained in this plan includes the...
Culler Lake Bathymetry: Potential Changes Following Dredging
Provided by: Spring 2013 Sampling Methods Class: J. Bruland, M. Dybala, N. Gunther, A. Hoffman, J. Jones, L. Kelley, J. Neidinger, M. Olszewski, C. Rogers, A. Waldron Department of Biology, Hood College, 401 Rosemont Avenue, Frederick, MD 21701 Download Full Study...
Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies at Hood College Research of Culler Lake is Underway
Working under the direction Hood College Professor of Biology Drew Ferrier, Hood College students have initiated a series of research projects pertaining to Culler Lake. Projects include: A bathymetric evaluation of the lake’s bottom, which is useful in understanding...
The Trail House and the Patagonia Company Support Friends of Baker Park Environmental Efforts
Last October and November The Trail House chose Friends of Baker Park as the recipient of money from a Patagonia Company program in which a portion of Patagonia shoes sales was donated to a local non profit. We received $200 from the campaign and Clyde and Gerry...
Friends of Baker Park receive $30,000 Chesapeake Bay Trust Grant
Friends of Baker Park applied for and received a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust for $30,000 for the design of a storm water mitigation plan for Culler Lake. The award was announced in late 2012, and in early 2013 Friends of Baker Park signed two agreements to...
Green Neighbor Forum a Huge Success
Nearly 100 registrants from throughout Frederick joined together on Saturday, March 2, at the Hood College Whitaker Campus Center to hear a slate of speakers discuss practical and specific programs and activities that renters and home-owners can pursue to be better...