Press release and other updates.
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. …
Monday: Closed Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Thursday: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Friday: Closed Saturday: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Sunday: Closed The Sparks Nature Center will be closed on: Saturday, June 14th, for the Snakes on the Dundee Snakehead Derby at Dundee creek. Thursday, June 19th, …
Earlier this month we published our Spring Newsletter. You can read it in its original format here, or you can read a updated version below [Text in brackets is new]. Since our last newsletter, we have won an award! Thanks to Chesapeake Bay Trust, we received a grant to host the Maryland Climate Corps ‘All …
We recently opposed a special exception zoning change #2025-001-X from RC-5 (Rural Residential) to a solar farm, as the change stands to replace 15 acres of forested land home to a vernal pool and a stream. Impacts from the proposed project could carry excess sediment and warm water into the Little Gunpowder Falls. Supporting Bill 18-25 …