Thursday, July 26, 2012
Runners get together on Thursdays for one to two laps around the lake.
Meet up with other runners Thursday for a 1.75 mile or 3.1 mile trek around Greenbelt Lake that is timed, according to the Prince George's County Running Club. It starts promptly at 7 p.m., but if you haven't registered yet, do that first. Registration starts before the run, from 6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Runners meet at the Greenbelt Youth Center parking lot, where registration takes place. The number of runners have increased since 2009, when the summer fun runs began. Some Thursdays, up to 40 people have taken part, according to Andrew Phelan, sports and recreation coordinator with the Greenbelt Recreation Department. Summer fun runs will continue on Thursdays through July and August. For more information, see the Prince George's Running …
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Youngsters and adults join together for the Greenbelt Drum Circle's holiday percussion experience at Greenbelt Lake.
Friday, May 25, 2012
An hour before sunset, I wandered down to Greenbelt Lake, watching it as it became "Thus mellow'd to that tender light which Heaven to gaudy day denies." —Lord Byron
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Today, Greenbelt Lake relies on a buffer to reduce algae and any nutrient load.
Readers were stumped by a Patch Get What's In The Picture story that showed a cage floating on the surface of Greenbelt Lake, but Lesley Riddle, assistant director of Greenbelt Public Works, has solved the mystery. Before she started as assistant director in 2007, the City of Greenbelt tried sinking and caging in barley bales to reduce algae. The picture shows one of the cages, which has come loose and floated to the surface, Riddle explained. Creating a barley filtering system is no longer the city's practice, though, because it would have required an exponential amount of bales, Riddle said. No one knows knows why barley works, but they do know it works occasionally, according to Riddle. Today, Greenbelt Lake relies on a good buffer that…
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Greenbelters counted 468 birds belonging to a total of 25 species as part of this year's record-breaking Great Backyard Bird Count.
Some of the Canada geese that spend winters on Greenbelt Lake could be from a baby boom in Greenland due to ice melting. Marshall Iliff, a scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Ithaca, NY, told Patch that better habitat for breeding due to ice melt is boosting populations of Canada geese and other geese species, some of which are making their way to the northeastern United States. Iliff said this includes a pink-footed goose found in Howard County in February. He added that the warm winter in Maryland may be why Virginia’s warblers were able to spend this winter near Easton, Maryland, part of the push of western birds moving east. Greenbelt was one of 267 communities throughout the state of Maryland that participated in the 2012 …
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Monday, March 5, 2012
This lake aint big enough for the both of us.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Reflections at winter's end.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Feel the love. Valentine's Day spread its wings among many folk and fowl.
- VALENTINE'S DAY GUIDE
- Donald Comis
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Amidst cold icy waters, mallards on Greenbelt Lake present a boquet of colors.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Doug Love
2:35 pm on Monday, July 9, 2012
Trying to watch this at the library is impossible, as a banner comes up at the bottom and hides part of the screen. Can someone download the video and email it to me? more ›