SERC Training Update

Thank you to the three Gunpowder Riverkeeper members who have already attended the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) training for our ground truthing efforts! Jayne Heckhackley, a board member, and Emily Mendenhall, a committee member, attended the second day of the workshop, which focused on learning how to perform three different tests of water quality. …

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2020 Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER Year End Review and Appeal

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 to protect the Gunpowder and Bush River watersheds! Clean water is everyone’s right and as a shared resource must be protected for all. Your support in 2020 resulted …

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2019 Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER Year End Review and Appeal

Thank you for supporting our efforts to protect the Gunpowder River! We could not have been successful without your generous support. Our work links and protects the forests, the fish and the faucet. Riverkeeper respects the varied economic, recreational and biological aspects of the River. Clean water in the Gunpowder watershed is everyone’s right and …

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C.P. Crane PSC Hearing Update

Thanks to D. Vogel at Bengies for getting the word out on the Marquis on the Public Service Commission (PSC) C.P. Crane hearing. More than a few residents of Bowley’s Quarters who stated they lived within 2,000 feet of the facility said that had heard nothing about the PSC coal to gas conversion application until …

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2018 Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER Year End Review and Appeal

Thank you for supporting our efforts to protect the Gunpowder River! We could not have been successful without your generous support. Our work links and protects the forests, the fish and the faucet. Riverkeeper respects the varied economic, recreational and biological aspects of the River. Clean water in the Gunpowder watershed is everyone’s right and …

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