Environmental woes at center of Riverdale hearing

Residents and conservationists last week decried the potential environmental effects if Riverdale Baptist Church builds its controversial school campus in deep south county.

The main concern is degradation of Two Run Branch, a prime tributary feeding the prized Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary across the road from the proposed site off Wrighton Road, south of Waysons Corner.

"All we need is one good disaster crashing through the wetlands, running down Two Run Branch ... the wildlife, the sensitive animals ... are gone and will never be replaced," Bonnie Sudnick, of Bristol, said at a Maryland Department of Environment...