Will you be Stony Run’s friend?

March 25, 2010 at 3:39 pm · Filed under nature and tagged: "Stony Run", "Wyman Park", baltimore, ecosystem, Remington, stream

If you don’t know what or where Stony Run is, don’t feel bad. I lived in the neighborhood for almost a full year before I located it – and it took me another month of exploring to find the most accessible entry and exit points. Stony Run, I discovered, is the little stream and adjacent system of trails that runs between Remington and Hampden, through Wyman Park, to points north.

The Jones Falls Valley Masterplan, which was put to together by a group consisting of the Baltimore Development Corporation, the Baltimore Zoo, the Greater Homewood Community Corporation, the Jones Falls Watershed Association, MTA, Parks and People, Struever Brothers, and Eccles and Rouse, describes Stony Run and makes recommendations as such:

Stony Run, which is a first-order tributary of the Jones Falls Valley, has been partially enclosed, severing the visible connection between these two bodies of water. Like the majority of the Jones Falls Valley, Stony Run suffers from a lack of connections – to Wyman Park and to The Johns Hopkins University, which are both easily reachable by foot or bicycle.

Storm water runoff and substantial amounts of impervous surfaces have created some environmental deterioration that will require close monitoring.

Indeed. So I think it’s about time to connect this little-known stream and trail system to its surrounding communities by forming a Friends of Stony Run group. This group would direct tours of the trails, perform trail maintenance projects, circulate information about the stream and trails to the public, connect Stony Run to nearby communities, and above all, try to keep the stream as clean as possible.

Friends of Stony Run – yay or nay?

-e.

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