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Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Staff and Volunteers Receive Benthic Macroinvertebrate Training from Patapsco Heritage Greenway and Izaak Walton League of America

Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Staff and Volunteers Receive Benthic Macroinvertebrate Training from Patapsco Heritage Greenway and Izaak Walton League of America

Friday March 13th Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® staff Brady Bayne and Joe Ottomano and volunteers Tristan McGregor and Steve Duker attended training ...
Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Passes Tier 3 Water Quality Proficiency Testing

Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Passes Tier 3 Water Quality Proficiency Testing

On February 26th Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® took the next steps toward achieving Tier 3 water quality monitoring accreditation by passing our ...
/ Education, Monitoring, Water
Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER®'s Partnership with Skidmore College Students Continues with Bacteria Modelling and Mapping Study

Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER®’s Partnership with Skidmore College Students Continues with Bacteria Modelling and Mapping Study

Skidmore Advanced GIS students partner with Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® to model the river’s E. coli values at critical sites. From February ...
/ Advocacy, Outreach, Take Action, Water
EPA, MDE, and Baltimore County to hold Public Meeting on  Baltimore County’s PCB Source Track Down Efforts

EPA, MDE, and Baltimore County to hold Public Meeting on Baltimore County’s PCB Source Track Down Efforts

This just in from the EPA: The meeting will be held on March 24th, 2026 at the Marshy Point Nature ...
/ Advocacy, Water
Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Provides Written Testimony on the EPA's Proposed Update to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act

Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Provides Written Testimony on the EPA’s Proposed Update to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act

Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER®'s Theaux Le Gardeur submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the comment period on the Proposed ...
/ Advocacy, Equity, Water
Tim Wheeler at the Bay Journal Reports on PCBs: A Lingering Threat to Human Health and the Environment

Tim Wheeler at the Bay Journal Reports on PCBs: A Lingering Threat to Human Health and the Environment

In his February 16th article, "Overshadowed by ‘forever chemicals,’ PCBs remain a toxic threat to Chesapeake waters" Wheeler discusses the ...
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