Natural Disasters

Common Outcome

Unstoppable

A Hybrid Experiment Out of Control

Defoliates Over 1 Million Acres of Forest a Year

Threatens Our Natural Wildlife

without intervention

Threatens Our Natural Watershed

The Female Gypsy Moth

A Sound Like Rain

Was actually the caterpillar droppings

Thousands of Trees were being destroyed

I could hear them chewing

Hope for Catoctin Forest

Catoctin Mountain Forest

100 Sq. Miles of Mountain Forest

85% Private Land Owners

15% Public Land

5,000 Acres National Park

5,000 Acres Cunningham Falls State Park

Meeting on the Mountai

n

April 2009

Igniting Energy

There is a need and desire to move forward with a collective plan for the protection, preservation and enjoyment of the Catoctin Forest area.

1

Education of the general public, user groups and especially area youth is the key to long term positive outcomes.

2

A Green Infrastructure Plan would address and facilitate many of the identified challenges and solution opportunities.

3

ProtectPreserv

eEnjoy

Target Groups

Private Land and Home Owners1

Recreational User Groups2

Youth3

WhoAre We?

Who We Are

Wooly Adelgid Appeared in the 1950’s

Attacks OnlyHemlock Trees

Devastating Hemlock Stands in Catoctin Forest

Catoctin Forest is Dying

Trout Are Dying With Rise in Water Temps

Can we SAVE it?

Our Future Goals

strategic outreach program

What Can You Do?

volunteer support nothing

A Sound Like Rain