Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® acknowledges that we protect land, water, sensitive species, and communities in the traditional territory of many nations including the Algonquin, the Susquehannock and the Delaware peoples. First and foremost, we wish all of you and your family members continued good health and peace during these challenging times. Thank you for supporting our efforts! …
Last Thursday, three Gunpowder Riverkeeper staff members embarked on a boat trip to collect data for the Chesapeake Water Watch Program for the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC). With our gray cards and smartphones in hand, we collected three sets of data along the Tidal Gunpowder at Rumsey Island, Dundee Creek, and the Amtrak line …
On Saturday, July 30th, Gunpowder Riverkeeper hosted a very successful training with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) at the Oasis Marina in Joppa! Shelby Brown, the Citizen Science Program assistant for Chesapeake Water Watch, showed 20 volunteers how to use the Hydrocolor app on an Android or an iPhone, how to collect water samples, …
Alex Worgo will be joining Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® this summer for his capstone project. He will look at invasive snakeheads and mud snails and how different water quality affects their populations and surrounding ecosystems. He is a Master’s student at Unity College, where he will be receiving a degree in wildlife biology, conservation and management. He …
Gunpowder Riverkeeper is honored to take part in a monitoring program with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC). Every day, several NASA satellites circle the globe from the North to the South Pole. As the earth turns, these satellite routes will cross over the entire planet, one swath at a time. Some of these satellites …