Press release and other updates.
Will Boyce is a graduating senior from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies. He has written for the Environmental Justice Atlas on toxic waste impacts in Indigenous communities and has completed an Aquatic Wild teaching certification. Through working on Skidmore’s Environmental Action Club, he organized campus-wide sustainability …
[NOTE: this Newsletter was originally published on June 13th.] Summer Swimming Season Water Monitoring After Memorial Day, we began our summer swimming season monitoring efforts. So far, E. coli levels have been low enough that it is safe to swim at every point we monitor. Please keep in mind that E. coli levels can change …
On May 9th, the Maryland Public Service Commission granted Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® and 126 other interested parties intervenor status in the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project Update case. We would like to thank everyone that wrote to PSC asking that we be granted intervenor status. On Tuesday, June 10th, at 10:00 AM, the Maryland Public Service Commission …
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. …