2025 Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Spring Newsletter

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 …

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Please Support Upcoming Baltimore County Land Use Bills

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 …

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Please Attend a Virtual Hearing for the MDE Hampstead Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharge Permit on Wednesday, March 26th, 5:00 PM.

Please join Gunpowder Riverkeeper in attending the Virtual Hearing for MDE’s Hampstead Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharge Permit. Listed Below are links to the hearing and the original document. From MDE: MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT WATER AND SCIENCE ADMINISTRATION NOTICE OF TENTATIVE DETERMINATION AND PUBLIC HEARING Carroll County Application for State Discharge Permit 22DP0594, NDPES …

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Damien Emory Joins Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® from DSCI Service Year Option.

Damien Emory is from Harford County, Maryland. They are a participant in the Service Year Option, which is provided by Maryland’s Department of Service and Civic Innovation. Gunpowder Riverkeeper employed them to help out the Sparks Bank Nature Center. They are a graduate of North Harford High School and have studied subjects such as Global …

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Please attend a virtual hearing on MDE Wetlands and Waterways Permit for Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) I-95 Express Toll Lanes (ETL’s) Northbound Extension Section 200 Phase II Set for January 29th, 2025 at 7 PM

Please attend a virtual hearing on MDE Wetlands and Waterways Permit for Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) I-95 Express Toll Lanes (ETL’s) Northbound Extension Section 200 Phase II Set for January 29th, 2025 at 7 PM meet.google.com/odv-kpxjheo or dial 475-328-0767, PIN 200 427 736