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 …
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 …
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 …
On Saturday January 10th, 2026 the skies above were dark and the ground wet from last night’s rain meaning its the perfect time to pack up our equipment and hit the road to sample for road salts in the Little Falls, a tributary of the Big Gunpowder Falls. Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® staffers braved the cold and …
Thanks for Sapna Bansil at the Baltimore Banner, Natalie Jones at the Baltimore Sun, and John Lee of WYPR for their coverage of the latest update for the Days Cove Rubble Landfill. In what many are seeing as victories for the public and the environment, the operators of the landfill have removed their request to …