Scouts clean up Franklin Point State Park

Jeff Holland — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:43:36 +0100

Many thanks to the 13 Scouts and eight adult Scout Leaders from Troop 422, Annapolis, MD, who swept through the woods at Franklin Point State Park in Shady Side on Saturday to clean the trash from proposed hiking trails. In three hours, they removed every trace of trash and junk deposited in the trail areas over...

Franklin Point State Park to open

Jeff Holland — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:28:18 +0100

To move forward with the great news reported in the Capital's recent series, "Shifting Tides," I'm happy to tell you about the West and Rhode Riverkeeper's new partnership with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to dramatically expand Anne Arundel County's access to our waterways. ...

Construction of Living Shoreline at YMCA Camp Letts Begins

Joe — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:32:28 +0100

After a year of grant writing, design work, and permitting the living shoreline at YMCA Camp Letts is finally going to construction! This project will protect the camp's southern...

Support the Stormwater Program

Joe — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:34:47 +0100

We need you today- we are fighting two bills in the County Council that would repeal polluted runoff fees that are currently being used for restoration to keep pollution out of our waterways!

The Watershed Protection and Restoration Fee is a local solution to local problems. Rain falls on our highways, streets, parking lots, driveways and roofs, and when we don’t slow it down, cool it off and let it soak into the ground, it fouls our rivers and creeks with sediment, bacteria and pollution.

If you can't beat 'em, EAT 'EM!

Joe — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:05:03 +0100

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A Riverkeeper looks at 100

Jeff Holland — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:36:03 +0100

After 100 days on the job, I can honestly say that I have never been more excited in my life. Every day I'm awash with the beauty of these rivers -- the eagles, geese, osprey, diving ducks -- there are even bluebirds that hang around outside my office window just in case I'm ever tempted to succumb to glumness.

But most of all, I contin...

Conservation Corps'ner: Spring 2014

Joe — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:09:48 +0100

(Photo Credit Alan Vernon/Flickr)

Now that spring has arrived, Osprey have returned to the Chesapeake Bay area. Ospreys are one of the largest raptors in North American and will migrate thousands of miles to and from central and South America. They are large hawk like creatures that have white and brown patterns on their wings. Ospreys’ be...

Living Shorelines Funded for $173,000

Joe — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:30:35 +0100

The West/Rhode Riverkeeper, Inc., received two grants totaling $173,120 to fund living shoreline projects protecting more than 600 linear feet along the West and Rhode Rivers. The projects were funded by the Living Shoreline Grant Program, a partnership of the Chesapeake Bay Trust, Maryland Department of the Environment, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The Trust a...

Restoration Update: Spring 2014

Joe — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:35:11 +0100

Phase 2 at YMCA Camp Letts has been planted!

We've been working with our partners at YMCA Camp Letts, Anne Arundel County's Soil Conservation District and Arlington Echo to stabilize the horse pasture at the camp and treat run off flowing off ...

Advocacy 2014

Joe — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:10:33 +0100

With all of your efforts to reduce your impact on the rivers and all of Joe’s restoration projects, we still won’t reach our goal until we reduce the impact of contaminated runoff from our homes, roads, offices and commercial land uses. That is the point of the storm water restoration fund adopted by the County Council last y...

Spring 2014 Events

Joe — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:58:47 +0100

Volunteer Events

SERC BiodiversiTREE Volunteer Monitoring - April 15 to May 31st (with more help needed in beginning of project)

When Europeans first arrived here, we had a lot more trees and a lot more leaves. They fell to the ground and decomposed. Rain caused some of the detritus, which includes nitrogen and other nutrients, to run into rivers and streams but most soaked into the ground and nature was in happy balance.

Now that we have paved over much of our land, the situation is different. The rivers suffer from far too ...

Legislative Update: Winter 2013

Joe — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 19:32:09 +0100

By Bob Gallagher

The Maryland General Assembly will be in session from January 8, 2014 until April 7th. Here is a quick summary of the issues that are of interest to the conservation community.

Polluted Runoff. As I note...

Fish On! The Broadwater Point Invitational

Joe — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 17:03:49 +0100

I never realized how much fun a neighborhood fishing tournament could be until I was invited to participate in one sponsored by the Broadwater Point community. Here is a story about it that appears in the December issue of PropTalk Magazine.

Riverkeeper Report: Winter 2013

Joe — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:55:26 +0100

It has been more than a month since Chris moved on to greener pastures. I was drafted out of retirement to serve as interim Riverkeeper and Executive Director until his replacement takes office. My disappointment at Chris’ inevitable departure quickly turned into excitement at the prospect of his replacement.

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