South River Source

The West/Rhode Riverkeeper’s office held an outdoor meeting to review the rivers’ 2012 Scorecard, then staff and volunteers planted trees at a stormwater restoration site. It all happened Saturday at Camp Letts, a YMCA location off Central Avenue in Edgewater. Overall, the rivers earned a score of D+. Not the grade you’d like to see [...]

Local riverkeepers have planned any number of events and activities this month for volunteers to participate in. You can help to clean up the environment at most of the events listed below. We have listed them chronologically. April 5, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Davidsonville Wildlife Sanctuary Tree Planting (3156 Beards Point Road, Davidsonville). [...]

The South River Federationheld a general membership meeting Tuesday night at Londontown Hall for the purpose of explaining how the South River is faring under a number of metrics. The group measures things we can see, like Water Clarity and the growth of Underwater Grasses, as well as things we can’t see, like Nitrogen, Phosphorus [...]

Patuent Riverkeeper Fred Tutman’s approach to riverkeeping is different from some of the other Riverkeepers around the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Whether it is his training as an attorney or the fact that his river is under assault from any number of agricultural and industrial polluters, one thing is sure. He is a fierce protector of [...]

The West/Rhode Riverkeeper is asking for the public’s input on what they’re doing and the direction of their organization. They’ve developed a survey to get feeback from the community. It’s short, just 10 questions, and it will hopefully help the organization as they move into the future. Visit the survey here. West/Rhode Riverkeeper Chris Trumbauer [...]

First things first. Save the date of Oct. 20. Now lets talk about the West/Rhode Riverkeeper. The work of the West/Rhode Riverkeeper in South County includes everything from running down sources of pollution in the West and Rhode Rivers to water quality monitoring, lobbying for environmental laws, promoting restoration, helping homeowners with rain gardens and [...]