Next Meeting and Other Upcoming Events
2021 HCCA Membership Meetings will be held on the third Wednesday of each month (except November and December)
Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 19, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Speaker: Gretchen Hopley, USAID, on Rwanda, Tanzania, and the US: Insights into Soil Cultures and Regenerative Gardening. Followed by Q&A, then HCCA business meeting. Meeting Topics: Regenerative Garden at Rockfield, “The Bel Air Five,” Saving Abingdon Woods and more. In case of rain, we will move back on line. Join via meet.google.com/aty-gcnm-bgc or by phone at +1 216-930-8873 | PIN: 669220361
Saturday, May 15, 2021@noon: Planting the Regenerative, Native Pollinator Garden at Rockfield Manor. Rain date May 16@1:00 p.m. Volunteers needed. Bring gardening gloves, shovels, trowel. Label them with your name. RSVP to (443)243-3363
Author Archives: Aravinda
Lab Girl
In cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts, Harford County Library is offering the public copies of Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, an award winning scientist who writes beautifully. Contact your local branch to pick up a free copy.
Save Abingdon Woods 2-ply face mask
Spread the word – Save Abingdon Woods and receive this 2-ply mask with adjustable earloops: Protect your neighbors while protecting the forest with this 2-ply face mask supporting the movement to Save Abingdon Woods and Stop Abingdon Business Park (@stopabp). … Continue reading
Defend Abingdon Woods – Donate today!
The Coalition to Stop the Abingdon Business Park from clearing 326 acres of wetland forest to make way for over 2 million square feet of new warehouses in a county with dozens of vacant warehouses already needs you! Please help … Continue reading
2019 review of Harford County Climate Action
In 2019 Harford County Climate Action was active on several fronts, working to oppose drilling off Maryland shores, campaign to protect Abingdon Woods from planned warehouse development, advocate for legislation, express solidarity with global struggles for environmental justice and act … Continue reading
Kathy Tunney: County should help purchase Abingdon Woods
Kathy Tunney recommends to the county council that they look into a way to purchase the Abingdon Woods property and preserve it as a recreational park for the public. 17 Dec 2019 – Harford County Council meeting – Public Comment
“Extinction is forever” -Fawn Palmer alerts Council to endangered species in Abingdon Woods
Fawn Palmer, senior naturalist, remindes the Harford County Council that extinction is forever and alerts them to endangered status of the Spongy Arrowhead, Sagittaria spatulata which grows in the freshwater, tidal mud flats in the HaHa Branch where it empties … Continue reading
Veronica Cassilly to council – our kids deserve better from you.
Veronica Cassilly tells the Council that Harford County’s children and grandchildren deserve better than to see the quality of the land and water decline even though we have been warned and can prevent further damage. Though she is aware that … Continue reading
Dont let Abingdon become a “Toxic Tour” site – Aravinda Pillalamarri
Aravinda Pillalamarri asks County Council to protect Abingdon Woods so that the site does not in the future become a site of air and water pollution, flooding and other environmental damage. She warns that it may become the site of … Continue reading
Tell Gov. Hogan to Fix the Bad Deal with Exelon on Conowingo Dam!
Chesapeake Waterkeepers are calling for help. Here is their action alert, excerpted from Tell Gov. Hogan to Fix the Bad Deal with Exelon on Conowingo Dam! We need your help! There are 3 things you can do: 1. Tell Governor … Continue reading
Tracey Waite Brings Receipts
Tracey Waite calls out campaign contributions and asks if they have influenced council votes on the Abingdon Business Park which would destroy 300+ acres of wetlands in Abingdon Woods.
