Author: Ftutman

  • Dive Teams Find History in the Patuxent

    Beneath the waters made murky by recent heavy rains, archaeologists are uncovering remnants of the dramatic events preceding the bloody four-hour Battle of Bladensburg during the War of 1812. Archaeologists…

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  • Attorney General’s Patuxent River Audit

    Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler visited the Patuxent River on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, as part of his ongoing audit of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Since beginning his…

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  • Health Issues and concerns on the Patuxent

    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…

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  • The Ultimate Patuxent Fact Sheet

    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…

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  • Stormwater + Politics = Compromise?

    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"…

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  • Riverkeeper thoughts on the 2000 Patuxent Oil Spill

    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…

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