Erin Adams is an AmeriCorps member excited to be serving her community through environmental stewardship as the Volunteer Coordinator with the Gunpowder Riverkeeper/Sparks Nature Center. In her AmeriCorps capacity, she will be helping to connect the center’s visitors to the Gunpowder Falls and the Gunpowder River by sharing the forest to faucet concept. The Sparks …
Title: Forest to Faucet: Safeguarding Clean Drinking Water through Brook Trout Science Conservation Talk Description: Please join us at the Sparks Bank Nature Center on Thursday, September 28th from 6:30 – 7:30 P.M. for an enlightening talk from master’s candidate at UMBC, Aiman Raza, who will provide insights into her research on the interconnectedness that …
Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER welcomes Madison McCluskey, who is helping our team with technical writing and content creation. Madison is a rising senior pursuing an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies with a minor in Spanish. She is the third summer intern from Skidmore College. She has a passion for the wilderness and outdoor recreation. She is eager …
Cedar Stephenson will be joining the Gunpowder Riverkeeper this Summer as an intern. She is pursuing a degree in Environmental Science with a focus on Project Management, and is excited to get hands-on experience working with our organization. She is providing support to Riverkeeper’s operations, water quality monitoring program, and outreach. Cedar is new to …
Aiman Raza is a biology master’s student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, researching how environmental DNA (eDNA) can be used to monitor brook trout populations in the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay. She is an ICARE fellow, which stands for Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment, a program that is focused …