Press release and other updates.
On Tuesday July 21st, Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® staff: Theaux Le Gardeur, Brady Bayne, and Skidmore College intern Luke Kretschman were joined by Alex Fries of UMCES and Shane Mizelle of USGS at Dundee Creek Marina to complete a field audit. The purpose of this field audit was to ensure that the methods, training, documentation, and quality …
In his September 2nd article in The Bay Journal, “Pollution from development still flowing into Gunpowder River” Tim Wheeler discusses the ongoing sedimentation into Foster Branch from the D.R. Horton development upstream, despite the settlement in May to hold the polluters accountable. Wheeler states, This wasn’t supposed to keep happening. State officials had said the …
On August 27, 2026 the Public Service Commission of Maryland ordered the adoption of a new procedural schedule for the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project. Notably this schedule extends the window for Intervenor Direct Testimony from September 2, 2026 to March 2, 2027 and schedules the windows for subsequent procedures such as Public Comment Hearings and …
Ashley Paul’s article on CBS provided updates on August 7th, 2026 on the raw sewage that leaked into Bynum Run last week from ruptured sewer lines. She quotes Ronya Nassar, of the Harford County Health Department, who said: “Out of an abundance of caution, we’re just recommending people don’t go into that water. We recommended …
For Immediate Release: June 4, 2026 Contact: Theaux M. Le Gardeur (410) 967-3526Gunpowder Riverkeeper, Gunpowderriverkeeper@gmail.com White Marsh, Maryland. – On May 27th, 2026, Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® filed a Petition for Judicial Review in Baltimore County Circuit Court in Towson, Maryland for the Maryland Department of the Environment Discharge Permit for the Days Cove Rubble Landfill (State …