On January 5th, in Travis Loop’s recent episode of his Waterloop video and podcast series, Loop interviews David Reed of the Chesapeake Legal Alliance who tells the story of three Maryland Waterkeepers’ ongoing missions to protect their waters. The episode, #302 “Laws As Last Line Of Defense For Chesapeake Bay,” focuses on how Theaux Le …
In her January 19th article for Maryland Matters, Christine Condon covered the proposed natural gas-fired power plant to be built on the already burdened Perryman peninsula in Harford county. The article discusses the current state of the community: sandwiched between the Bush River and Aberdeen Proving Grounds, and run-through with highways and trucks frequenting the …
Waterkeepers Chesapeake has published a video of the coalition of Chesapeake Waterkeepers describing what they do and why they do it. Check out the full video below to hear from many of our local waterkeepers describing their work and the important roles they play across the watershed: Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER®’s Theaux Le Gardeur is featured saying: …
This just in from Alex Lima of Maryland Department of the Environment: Virtual Meeting to be held January 20th, 2026 at 6pm and Public Comment Period extended to January 30th, 2026. Read his letter in its entirety below, and check out the hyperlinks if you want to access the meeting, the informational session, or to …
As part of the public comment period and at one of the three public meetings on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s proposed change to the definition of what constitutes “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS), Theaux Le Gardeur provided written and oral testimony to inform the proposed definition change and to advocate for the protections …