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		<title>Nightime Kayak Trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[September 25th from 7pm until 10pm. Join staff from the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary for a nightime paddle from Hill’s Bridge to River Farm. Trip is limited to 12 participants and prior kayaking experience is required. We will head up all the channels, listen for marsh birds and frogs and fish that splash. Should be a lot of fun, and an different experience for those who only kayak in the sun. Preferred if you can bring your own kayak. Those without a kayak can rent from Patuxent Riverkeeper. Cost is ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/nightime-kayak-trip/07/26/2010</link>
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		<title>Health Issues and concerns on the Patuxent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/health-issues-and-concerns-on-the-patuxent/07/19/2010</link>
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		<title>Attorney General’s Patuxent River Audit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/attorney-general%e2%80%99s-patuxent-river-audit/07/06/2010</link>
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		<title>Stormwater + Politics = Compromise?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;compromise&#8221; in the MD General Assembly. Using the term &#8220;compromise&#8221; as a euphemism for weakening of the regulation is a variety of &#8220;spin&#8221; 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 &#8220;weakened&#8221; the rules or laws. While our organization ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/stormwater-politics-compromise/05/07/2010</link>
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		<title>Waterkeepers form oil spill advisory committee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 affected Waterkeepers and their communities.
The Committee is chaired by NY/NJ Baykeeper Emeritus Andy Willner, and includes Casco Baykeeper Joe Payne, Cook Inletkeeper ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/waterkeepers-form-oil-spill-advisory-committee/05/07/2010</link>
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		<title>Riverkeeper thoughts on the 2000 Patuxent Oil Spill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. I wanted to see what remained of the scene that back then was called the worse manmade ecological disaster in Maryland history. I find this especially poignant in the days following ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/riverkeeper-thoughts-on-the-2000-patuxent-oil-spill/05/06/2010</link>
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		<title>Riverside Party and Drum Circle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Riverside Party and Drum Circle
May 21, 2010 &#8211; 7pm until Midnight
A Drum Circle and riverside celebration to observe the arrival of summer weather and to honor Patuxent stalwart and Balladeer for the Bay Tom Wisner. Bring a musical instrument (and a flashlight) and a dish or snack to share if you like. We&#8217;ll be at Milltown Landing right on the Patuxent River with a fire ring and a few kayaks for those wishing to paddle in the twilight. RSPV required so we can arrange adequate parking and logistics. To RSVP ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/riverside-party-and-drum-circle/04/29/2010</link>
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		<title>ROLLBACK OF MARYLAND STORMWATER REGULATIONS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 that they could not meet the usual standard for variances and that new and stricter stormwater standards would cut into ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/rollback-of-maryland-stormwater-regulations/04/29/2010</link>
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		<title>Patuxent 2020 Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Patuxent 20/20 Report is an intensely researched strategic plan that reviewed publicly available documents, researched studies and consolidated the findings into a visionary implementation plan to protect the Patuxent and bring it back to health. Download it here: 
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		<link>http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/patuxent-2020-report-2/03/09/2010</link>
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		<title>Patuxent Riverkeeper Releases Bi-Annual Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been over two years since we released our rundown on what we are doing, what projects we are working on, and an overall report on the scope of our activities on behalf of the watershed.  The latest report is detailed, colorful, and covers our successes, challenges and plans for the watershed as we move forward.  To download the report click here.
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		<link>http://www.paxriverkeeper.org/patuxent-riverkeeper-releases-bi-annual-report/03/03/2010</link>
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