South River Source

Last Friday, (April 26) under bright blue skies, some 70 Southern Middle School students grabbed shovels and helped the West/ Rhode Riverkeeper plant 318 trees along Lerch Creek in Galesville. The new trees will help improve the forested buffer along the waterway which in return will prevent harmful bacteria from entering the river and Chesapeake [...]

According to water samples taken by the West/Rhode Riverkeeper‘s office, water quality is looking pretty good this week in the West and Rhode rivers. The information in the table below is collected by volunteers on June 27 (Wednesday) who check 16 sites around the West and Rhode rivers. This week, no samples showed excessive bacteria, [...]