On Saturday January 10th, 2026 the skies above were dark and the ground wet from last night’s rain meaning its the perfect time to pack up our equipment and hit the road to sample for road salts in the Little Falls, a tributary of the Big Gunpowder Falls. Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® staffers braved the cold and …
Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® was pleased to be able to provide language to inform WATERKEEPERS® Chesapeake’s letter to the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) during the public comment period on the proposed definition change to Waters of the United States (WOTUS). Thanks to WATERKEEPERS® Chesapeake for their continued efforts to protect the Bay and for allowing Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® to …
Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER® is excited to announce we will be providing capacity to Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) Fisheries Ecosystem Assessment Division for their 2026 anadromous (up-river migratory) fish spawning survey. Volunteer pairs will be directed to four-five sampling sites at key road crossings of the Big Gunpowder Falls once a week from the end …
To inform the state’s decision making process on the leasing and discharge permitting for the Days Cove Rubble Landfill, Gunpowder RIVERKEEPER®, Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, and Mad About Mud co-authored a letter to submit to the Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW) prior to their January 7th 2026 meeting. As the Maryland BPW had only considered …
On January 5th, 2026 Baltimore County Councilman Pat Young proposed Bill 3-26 which would put a one-year freeze on data center construction in Baltimore County in response to residents’ concerns over a proposed 42-acre, 150-megawatt data center in Woodlawn. According to John Lee’s article in WYPR, The Catonsville Democrat’s legislation, which he introduced Monday night, …