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Community - South County
Around South County: A New Year's hike at the Smithsonian CenterPublished 01/15/09
Mitchelle Stephenson — For The Capital
Lara Mulvaney and her two daughters, Sarah, 9 and Hannah, 11, emerge from the Java trail at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center on Saturday. The center remains open throughout the fall and winter, running free ecology programs for the public, including the free New Year’s Hike last Saturday.The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center is a gem of a site. The property sits on the Rhode River about halfway between the village of Galesville and the intersection of Route 2 and Muddy Creek Road in Edgewater. Back in 1964, when it was deeded to the Smithsonian, the then-secretary of the institution and the board of directors didn't quite know what to do with it. They thought about selling it and adding the money to their endowment. Back then it was known as the 365-acre Java Dairy Farm, although there were no longer any cows living there. But soon they discovered that it was a great site for studying...
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