Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® is proud to sponsor the second Flotilla for the Gunpowder with Mad About Mud. Register for the event here and follow along on social media here for updates.
Exciting news for everyone who has stopped by the Sparks Bank Nature Center in the last few months to look at our 180 gallon aquarium full of nothing: There are fish in there now! There are over 1,200 species of killifish around the world, some coming in vibrant colors. Our Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) are …
On March 3rd, Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® staff and volunteers met at Jerusalem Mill for our first outing with the Fisheries crew from Maryland Department of Natural Resources to conduct anadromous fish spawn surveying. Staff Brady Bayne, Joe Ottomano, RIVERKEEPER@ Theaux Le Gardeur, and volunteers Kevin Roeder, and Bill Temmink met with Fish Biologists Jeffrey Horne, Marek …
Friday March 13th Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® staff Brady Bayne and Joe Ottomano and volunteers Tristan McGregor and Steve Duker attended training to become certified stream monitors for benthic macroinvertebrates. The training was hosted by Patapsco Heritage Greenway’s Mandy DeLeo and Allison LeBlanc who are certified trainers through the Izaak Walton League of America. Benthic (bottom-dwelling) macroinvertebrates …
On February 26th Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® took the next steps toward achieving Tier 3 water quality monitoring accreditation by passing our state approved proficiency test for our bacterial monitoring program. Tier 3 is an important benchmark from the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative (CMC) because it allows our data that we gather to be used by the state …