Retired State Senator C. Bernie Fowler will hold his 12th Annual Patuxent Wade-in on June 13th at 2:00 p.m. at Broomes Island in Calvert County. The Wade-in is part community gathering, part water quality measurement, and part baptism. Led by Fowler, community residents, school children, and local elected officials line-up along the shoreline and wade into the Patuxent to the point where Fowler says he can no longer see his feet. Last year Fowler got 33.5 inches deep before he lost sight of his feet. That is almost that three and a half times the depth of his first Wade-in eleven years ago.

Directions: Broomes Island can be reached by taking Route 2/4 to Route 264 (about 3 miles south of Prince Frederick). Take Route 264, Broomes Island Road, and head Southwest to the end. The Wade-in will be near the end of the road on the left.

Other Wade-Ins and Community Water Quality Events

The Upper Western Shore Team plans its second annual Wade-In on June 13th from 2-4 pm at the Anita C. Leight Estuary Center, on Otter Point Creek in the Upper Bay. The Team hopes to improve on its 7.5" mark from last year. In addition to the Wade-In, family activities will include canoeing, seining with Park Naturalists, trail hikes, animals of the Upper Western Shore, Nature Games with Park Staff, and fly-fishing demonstrations.

The Upper Potomac Team plans its second annual "Fish-In" Fishing Derby on June 13th from 12-4pm at Rocky Gap State Park. Other activities will include a Scales and Tails Demonstration, fly-fishing demonstration, prizes from Maryland’s Hooked on Fishing, and trail hikes around Rocky Gap Park.

The Lower Western Shore Team is planning their second annual Wade-In at Herring Bay in Southern Anne Arundel County on June 13th. Last year’s event attracted over 100 participants.

The Lower Potomac River Team in partnership with PEPCO, will host its own Wade-In at the Morgantown Power Generating Plant on Sunday, June 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The Patapsco/Back Team is planning a secchi disk "Dip-In" on June 13th to highlight water quality concerns in the Patapsco River. The Team plans to involve local Boy Scouts and community groups, and is looking at sites in the Inner Harbor.

The Upper Eastern Shore Team is planning their Wade-In for June 19 at the Horsehead Environmental Center.

The Choptank Team is planning their Wade-In for June 19 on the Tred Avon River to coincide with a boating event in Oxford.

The Lower Eastern Shore Team is planning their Wade-In for June 13th in Vienna, on the Nanticoke River.