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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The paths are so flooded this week, I've never seen it so bad.  It hasn't even rained in a few days.  There are large puddles gathered around trees - it's only a matter of time before healthy trees start to fall.  I had to run in the street for certain parts because there was no other way around some of the water.

Anyone else have this issue?  This is near Kensington but I assume the whole park is affected.  [/quote]

I cut 4 trees up last night that were blocking part of the woods trail alongside the creek south of the Saul Road entrance to the Rock Creek Trail.

That section had a LOT of trees come down Saturday. The entire bottomland forest area in the flood plain was inundated on Saturday. The soil there is mostly sand and loess, and although it drains well, once it’s saturated, it doesn’t provide much strength to hold the root mass of large trees in the ground.

I still have more to cut in the section south of Saul Road. The county won’t maintain this trail - it’s not hard surface and not ADA compliant - so it’s up to users to help keep it cleared.

If you have a chain saw, do everyone a solid and go out some work in yourself. If you enjoy this trail, step up and put some sweat into fixing it. [/quote]

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