Patuxent Riverkeeper has received reports lately of two unrelated individuals who became sick at different times in the past week after coming into contact with some bacteriological agent that appears to be in the Patuxent river near Broome’s Island.  Initial reports from individuals (who have insisted on keeping their identities from public disclosure) suggested a known bacteriological infection known as: “vibrio parahaemolyticus”.  Our organization is working with public health officials at the State, Federal and County levels to confirm the exact causes and diagnosis. Both individuals are being treated at

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler will visit the Patuxent River on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, as he continues his ongoing audit of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.  Since beginning his statewide tour and audit of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in April 2008, the Attorney General has visited ten Maryland rivers.
Attorney General Gansler will spend the day in Prince Frederick and Solomons Island in Calvert County to hear firsthand from local environmental leaders, residents, students, scientists, and elected officials about the challenges facing the Patuxent River.  The information

Several people have contacted us to inquire about how to rank or score the track record of legislators who supported the recent weakening of the stormwater rules through a “compromise” in the MD General Assembly. Using the term “compromise” as a euphemism for weakening of the regulation is a variety of “spin” that should be made clearer. The notion of compromise suggests the environment got something out of this, which is not the case. It is more accurate to say this transaction “weakened” the rules or laws. While our organization