West and Rhode Riverkeeper

We work with our community to enforce environmental law, to
promote restoration, and to advocate for better environmental policy.
Contact us: 443-758-7797 ♦ PO Box 172, Shady Side, MD 20764

Is the water safe to swim in?Keep informed by viewing our weekly bacteria monitoring data. We test 14 sites each Wednesday all summer long and post the results to our webpage.

Help Grow Oysters in the Rhode River!West & Rhode Riverkeeper works with waterfront property owners in the Marylanders Grow Oysters program. Contact us to see how you can participate.

West & Rhode Riverkeeper fosters stewardshipLast year, more than 960 kids planted trees, marsh grass & SAV and learned how to protect our watersheds.

Is the water safe to swim in?

Keep informed by viewing our weekly bacteria monitoring data. We test 14 sites each Wednesday all summer long and post the results to our webpage.

Help Grow Oysters in the Rhode River!

West & Rhode Riverkeeper works with waterfront property owners in the Marylanders Grow Oysters program. Contact us to see how you can participate.

West & Rhode Riverkeeper fosters stewardship

Last year, more than 960 kids planted trees, marsh grass & SAV and learned how to protect our watersheds.

Report Card for 2016

Take a video tour of the West & Rhode Rivers

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Annual Appeal 2017

Bacteria Sampling will resume in May 2018

Bacteria will be sampled at 14 sites, including community swimming beaches, weekly from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

To see how our rivers did throughout the 2016 summer season, go here.

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