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 Keep Reading
In response to the ever-growing national implications of the April 20th BP Gulf oil disaster, Waterkeeper Alliance has convened a new committee comprised of veteran Waterkeepers all of whom have direct experience with catastrophic oil spills. The goals of this ad-hoc committee are primarily to support the Gulf Coast Waterkeepers in their immediate response to this event, and also to provide information, guidance, and communications support to the Keep Reading
May 6, 2010. Today, just over 10- years to the day from the April 7, 2000 oil spill from the Chalk Point plant, I visited Swanson Creek near Benedict, MD and motored over “ground zero” of the power company pipeline that leaked some 11,000 gallons of fuel oil into the waters that were once rich with crabs and oysters.
Patuxent Riverkeeper along with other coalition partners worked very hard in the General Assembly to defend the State Stormwater Regulations from an assault by the builder lobby. The business interests initially sought more explicit grandfathering for projects in the development pipeline as the May 4th deadline for implementing the new laws approached. Arguably this was not because the law was vague to begin with, but because some were concerned Keep Reading
Eel Fishing on the Patuxent in the late 1950’s and 1960’s
By Thomas Terry
One of my favorite childhood pastimes was eel fishing on the Patuxent River on Mr. Vernon Arnold’s property. Mr. Arnold lived a couple of miles to the east of our farm along the road that went by the Entzian’s property and cousin Walter Stewart’s portion of Grandpop Poula’s Keep Reading
The Patuxent Riverkeeper is pleased to offer the first edition of the new Patuxent River Water Trail Guide and GPS-ready Map. It is an in-depth navigational guide to paddling over 100 miles of waterways in central and southern MD. The most detail, ideal for hikers, bikers, birders, horseback riders, orienteers, geocachers, fisherman, or nature lovers, is for the Mid-river section where nearly Keep Reading
CUBAN BEATS HELP KEEP DOWN THE HEAT
as some of the world’s best musicians unite against climate change
THE BIGGEST STARS in the music industry have joined forces on the latest Rhythms del Mundo album, ‘Classics’ produced to raise awareness and much-needed funds for climate crisis projects and natural disaster relief. The sublime talent of Cuba’s finest musicians together with the unmistakable vocals of artists including Keep Reading
The latest edition of the Patuxent fact sheet contains handy stats, facts and figures about the State’s longest and deepest instrastate waterway. Compiled and produced by local biologist Nick Carter for the participants in the 2009 Patuxent Sojourn you can download a copy of it hereNick Carter Keep Reading
They’re off! Yup the Annual Patuxent Sojourn has finally started. Intrepid paddle-journalist Lauren Webster and others will chronicle their trials and tribulations while paddling nearly 20 miles down the Patuxent over five days. The ground support team will be collecting photos and audio sound bytes and uploading them here for those of you on land to follow.
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies has posted their Keep Reading