Aidan Darling, a rising Junior at Skidmore College, is joining Gunpowder Riverkeeper in summer 2025. At Skidmore, Aidan has studied Environmental Science, and he is particularly interested in environmental engineering as a sustainable solution to environmental problems. Coming from a liberal arts background, with interests in Spanish and art, Aidan brings an interdisciplinary approach to …
Tristan McGregor is from Baltimore County, Maryland. He has lived around the Gunpowder River his entire life from Joppatowne all the way to Middle River. His whole life he has fished and crabbed the river from a little kid all the way to an adult and still remains very passionate for advocacy for this waterbody. …
Earlier this month we published our Spring Newsletter. You can read it in its original format here, or you can read a updated version below [Text in brackets is new]. Since our last newsletter, we have won an award! Thanks to Chesapeake Bay Trust, we received a grant to host the Maryland Climate Corps ‘All …
The Terry Newendorp Environmental Scholarship for the Gunpowder River 2025 Criteria and Application Guidelines What the award is: The Terry Newendorp Environmental Scholarship is a gift that was established by Terry Newendorp, an avid fisherman and conservationist who with generosity and foresight knew that “protection of the Gunpowder River had to come from future generations.” Founded in …
Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® acknowledges that we protect land, water, sensitive species, and communities in the traditional territory of many nations including the Algonquin speaking Susquehannock, and Delaware peoples. First and foremost, we wish all of you and your family members continued good health and peace. Thank you for supporting our efforts! Clean water is everyone’s right …