Yard refuse
Are you wondering what to do with all the refuse that accumulates from your yard clipping and pruning? If your residential property lies adjacent to the MPEA, please do not dump those clippings in the MPEA.
Want to consider composting? Want to have the refuse hauled away? Learn how from Howard County.
Information about the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area and the Middle Patuxent Environmental Foundation. The MPEA is owned by Howard County, Department of Recreation and Parks. The MPEF provides financial support to Howard County for the preservation and maintenance of the MPEA. Middle Patuxent River runs through the MPEA on its way to the Chesapeake Bay. Access to the MPEA is available from Trotter Road in Columbia, Maryland, or from Clarksville, Maryland.