Gunpowder Riverkeeper’s Clear Choices Clean Water Chesapeake Bay campaign is encouraging residents of Harford County to take action to protect the important ecosystems present in the Bay region. Community members are able to take pledges promising to abstain from using harmful lawn fertilizers, to clean up after their pets, to protect and support native plants …
Did you know that about 70% of pollution in our waterways comes from stormwater runoff? Native plants can slow that runoff to a crawl or stop it altogether. And a good planting also supports our all-important pollinators at the same time. Take the Native Plant & Pollinator pledge to protect our water with native plants. …
Did you know that over application of lawn fertilizer can lead to serious water quality issues in our local rivers and streams? It takes just one (1) pound of phosphorus and seven (7) pounds of nitrogen entering a waterway to produce 500 pounds of algae. As we enter the winter months it is a good …
For Immediate Release June 8, 2020 Media Contacts: Theaux Le Gardeur, Gunpowder Riverkeeper, 410-967-3526, gunpowderriverkeeper@gmail.comRobin Broder, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, 703-786-8172, robin@waterkeeperschesapeake.org Gunpowder Riverkeeper Launches Campaign to Reduce Polluted Stormwater Runoff Campaign will drive citizen action in Harford County to improve local water quality through online pledges (Monkton, MD) – Gunpowder Riverkeeper has launched the Clear Choices Clean Water campaign …