Patuxent Riverkeeper has seated a new Board of Advisors and also a new Governing Board for 2012. The newly assembled Board has a strong emphasis on community activism and grassroots justice:
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PATUXENT RIVERKEEPER, BOARD OF ADVISORS
Clyde Bernard Fowler is a former Maryland State Senator (1983–1994) and County Commissioner Keep Reading
Chesapeake Bay Report Card
Scientists announce assessment of 2011 Bay health
BALTIMORE, MD (April 16, 2012)—Report card results for the Chesapeake Bay’s health are in. EcoCheck scientist from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will share Keep Reading
Join friends, neighbors and patrons of clean water on Maryland’s longest and deepest intrastate waterway for the Annual Patuxent Trash Clean-Up. This year the date for most of these cleanups will be march 31st, 2012. There are multiple sites to chose from. Find one near you by Annual Cleanup List Keep Reading
Patuxent Riverkeeper Wins Major Legal Victory
Landmark Decision Sets Statewide Precedent for Maryland Citizen Groups
OCTOBER 2, 2011 (UPPER MARLBORO, MD) — In a recent 5-2 decision, Maryland’s highest court upheld judicial standing for a member of a local environmental group contesting a wetlands permit awarded to developers of a shopping mall. The case— “Patuxent Riverkeeper v. Maryland Department of the Environment” Keep Reading
We’ve produced report cards for the river. Now its time to produce one for the Riverkeeper organization. If you are a member of Patuxent Riverkeeper, then please take a few minutes to fill out the linked survey and give us necessary feedback that could helps do what we do…better. Access Keep Reading
Maryland Waterkeepers, Joined by Citizens from throughout the Chesapeake and Coastal Bay Watersheds, Lead Flotilla to Annapolis, Demand Leadership on Cleanup of Maryland’s Rivers and the Bay
Annapolis, MD May 19, 2011 – A flotilla of small craft landed at the City Dock in Annapolis on Thursday, bringing with them citizen groups demanding that Maryland state legislators deliver leadership, action and results on the cleanup Keep Reading
May 19th Rally and Press Conference in Annapolis. Join us at the City Dock in Annapolis at 1pm! Contingent rain location is 58 State Circle in the Atrium. A flotilla of small craft operated by 18 affiliated Chesapeake Waterkeeper groups as they demand that Maryland Legislators deliver leadership and action on the cleanup of the state’s major rivers, coasts, and Chesapeake Bay. Standing as a symbol of the ever-vigilant presence that Waterkeepers Keep Reading
It is no secret that most if not all of the large continuous sources of discharge pollution into our river stems from enterprises that have a permit to discharge into the river. Early in 2010 we began a collaboration with the Natural Resources Defense Council to research state and federal records of enterprises with permits to discharge into the Patuxent and determine which of those were chronic, persistent or egregious permit violators. The mission Keep Reading
What are we working on NOW?
We’re working every day to protect, restore and preserve as water quality and a healthy Patuxent River. Also, we are planning river trips, reforestation, buffer preservation, wetlands restoration, and invasive species removal and enhancing the Patuxent Water Trail in preparation for the War of 1812 Commemorative!
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It Happened on the Banks of the Patuxent River : My First Bald Eagle Sighting
By Tom Terry
It was in the late 1950’s. My brother Michael and I were fishing for eel and white and yellow perch on the bank of the Patuxent River with my Grandfather, Anthony (Tony) Poula, at our favorite fishing spot on Mr. Vernon Arnold’s property (Fig.1). It was a typical spring day. The ground was moist, the trees were almost in full leaf Keep Reading