Saturday, March 11 (10 am-1 pm)
Leader: Joe Marx
Members: $33: nonmembers $46
The Glendenning Nature Preserve is a patch of former farmland located near the Patuxent River, about 25 miles east of downtown DC in Anne Arundel County. Administered as part of the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, the preserve lies within the Coastal Plain province and is consequently relatively flat. Glendenning’s vegetation varies markedly from place to place, reflecting differences in soil and drainage. Those differences arise in turn from the geological history of the locale which began as marine deposits on the continental shelf. Later, the area was lifted above sea level and subjected to cycles of erosion and subaerial deposition. Finally, winds generated by the Pleistocene glaciers to our north spread a belt of wind-blown sand over the older layers. All will be demonstrated and explained during an easy, two-mile walk on the preserve’s natural surface trails. REGISTER