Monitoring

Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Begins Anadromous Fish Spawn Surveying with Maryland Department of Natural Resources Fisheries

On March 3rd, Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® staff and volunteers met at Jerusalem Mill for our first outing with the Fisheries crew from Maryland Department of Natural Resources to conduct anadromous fish spawn surveying. Staff Brady Bayne, Joe Ottomano, RIVERKEEPER@ Theaux Le Gardeur, and volunteers Kevin Roeder, and Bill Temmink met with Fish Biologists Jeffrey Horne, Marek …

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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 to become certified stream monitors for benthic macroinvertebrates. The training was hosted by Patapsco Heritage Greenway’s Mandy DeLeo and Allison LeBlanc who are certified trainers through the Izaak Walton League of America. Benthic (bottom-dwelling) macroinvertebrates …

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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 state approved proficiency test for our bacterial monitoring program. Tier 3 is an important benchmark from the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative (CMC) because it allows our data that we gather to be used by the state …

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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 to May, the students will be running models of various river segments to better understand the threats to increased levels of E. coli in a dynamic environment. Meet the Team! Sophie Zuckman Sophie is a …

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Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Intern and Morgan State Doctoral Student Chichedo Duru Published Peer-Reviewed PFAs Paper in 2026

Chichedo Duru continued her work on water quality monitoring, publishing a study entitled “Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Occurrence in Gunpowder River Watershed in Maryland United States” in Water 2026’s special issue “Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Soil and Water Environment.” Duru worked with Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Theaux Le Gardeur and two former Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® interns …

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