As part of The Maryland Great Outdoors Act, a statewide initiative to improve park infrastructure, the Sparks Bank Nature Center has received a new standing-seam metal roof to replace the aging asphalt-shingled roof. This marks a significant investment of state money on the Nature Center and a return to a historically accurate aesthetic for the …
As Maryland braces for the winter snow to begin falling, the salt trucks begin making their way around Baltimore and Harford counties to ensure the roads are safe for a commuters. Road salt is an important component of winter preparations as it prevents ice from forming on sidewalks and roads creating dangerous conditions. However, the …
Hi! I am joining Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® as a YCI member. I am a senior at Hereford High School and am a member of the cross country and track and field team. I joined Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® to learn more about my local environment, concerns its facing, environmental policies and hopefully help me to figure out what …
As part of her recent donations of almost 12 million dollars, Billie Eilish has donated $11,000 to the Howard County Conservancy’s Youth Climate Institute (YCI). Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® is proud to host our local chapter of YCI allowing high school students to network, build their resume, and learn what they can do amid our rapidly changing …
On October 29th, 2025 almost a dozen eighth and ninth graders accompanied by their teacher Larry Foulk joined Gunpowder Riverkeeper® at the Sparks Bank Nature Center for an impromptu interactive talk and stream walk while their upperclassmen peers took the PSATs and other high-stakes tests. They met with Riverkeeper Theaux Le Gardeur on his way …