Letter in Opposition to BC Middle River Park PUD

Councilman David Marks 400 Washington Ave Towson, MD 21204 CC: C. Pete Gutwald, Director, Department of Permits, Approvals and Inspections Stephen Lafferty, Director, Department of Planning David V. Lykens, Director Environmental Protection and Sustainability ~Via email~ Re: Opposition to BC Middle River Park PUD Date: 2/23/2023 Dear Councilman Marks, The Gunpowder Riverkeeper submits this letter …

Read more

2022 Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER Year End Review and Appeal

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! …

Read more

Tidal Gunpowder Monitoring Update

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 …

Read more

Reflecting on a Successful Training with The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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, …

Read more

Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Welcomes Master’s Student for Invasive Species Project

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 …

Read more