Thanks to Tim Wheeler at the Bay Journal for his February 5th article “Anglers, riverkeeper keep pressure on Maryland landfill.” The article covers this history of the landfill from it’s acquisition by the State Park in the 1980’s through its discharge violations once it began effluent discharge into the Gunpowder watershed and to the public …
Chichedo Duru continued her work on water quality monitoring, publishing a study entitled “Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Occurrence in Gunpowder River Watershed in Maryland United States” in Water 2026’s special issue “Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Soil and Water Environment.” Duru worked with Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® Theaux Le Gardeur and two former Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® interns …
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: …