About Jefferson Ruritan

Committees

Environment Committee

Purpose:  to improve the environment and conserve natural resources in the community

Areas for consideration include:

• Land, water, and air pollution
• Community beautification
• Conservation of wildlife
• Soil and water conservation
• Rodent and pest control
• Energy conservation and generation

Current Activities

• April 17 (Sat.), 2010:  Document Shredding & Electronic Recycling, 10 a.m. - Noon.

  The Jefferson Ruritan Club is sponsoring its second Document Shredding and E-cycling Day. Recyclable items are shreddable paper documents and any electronic item, cartridge or battery.  Proceeds will go towards community projects. The suggested donation is $10.00 per file-size box (10”x12”x16”) or a similar-sized bag or container.  The event takes place rain or shine from 10 am to 12 noon on Saturday, April 17, 2010, under the pavilions at the Jefferson Ruritan Center on Lander Road off of Route 340 in Jefferson, MD. 

   

• October 10, 2009.  10 a.m. - Noon: 
          Document Shredding & Electronic Recycling Day 
  

• Draft of letter of support for Watershed Demo Project grant application. 
  
  Note: The Catoctin Creek Watershed has the worst biodiversity index rating of all 84 Maryland watersheds. (MARYLAND BIOLOGICAL STREAM SURVEY 2000-2004, Volume IX: Aquatic Biodiversity, Table 9-8. See pdf file, p101-103 of 489)
   

• 2007 Projects
   

• Energy Audit Walkthrough of the Jefferson Ruritan Center.  7:30 pm., Wed., May 23, 2007.
   

• Rain Barrel Workshop was held April 24.  Jen Dotson gave background and instructions to 20 people.  16 rain barrels were picked up by people who had placed orders.
   

• Public Movie & Discussion - Held February 10, 2007, Jefferson Ruritan Center.  50 people saw the movie of  An Inconvenient Truth and participated in a discussion of the movie and a list of proposed projects.
   

• Streetscape

  This is a project to improve the main street.  Please see our Streetscape Project pages

   

• Recycling

A recycling center has been set up on the Jefferson Ruritan Community Center property.   The center consists of 4 bins on a paved area with an access road.  Two bins are 30 feet long for mixed recyclables.  Two more bins are smaller ones for cardboard boxes. (Boxes should be crushed first.)  The Frederick County Recycling Program monitors and empties the bins.

There has been an unfortunate problem of overflow of cardboard.  The second cardboard bin seems to have helped the problem.  

Problems with this site should be reported as soon as possible to the County Recycling Office (301-696-2960).  Also, leave a message with the Jim Carpenter (301-371-5263), chair of the Environment Committee of Jefferson Ruritan.

County contacts are Lee Lambert, 301-694-2086 (LLambert@fredco-md.net ) and Phil Harris 301-696-2960 (PHarris@fredco-md.net )

• C&O Canal Cleanup

This project occurs every year on a Saturday in June from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Take part in keeping the 150 year-old C&O Canal beautiful. Volunteers are needed to help with vegetation removal along the C&O Canal at Lander.   Join others who care about their national parks in this worthwhile project, which is sponsored by the Lander Community Association and the C&O Canal. Refreshments will be served.

Participants should meet at Lander on the canal. Lander is located off of Route 467. Follow 2.8 miles, then turn left onto Lander Road. Travel 1.5 miles to the parking area.

For more information about the cleanup, contact John Lewis at 301-714-2238.

For information about the C&O Canal National Historic Park, go to http://www.nps.gov/choh/co_visit.htm