River News
Lothian Residents Celebrate County Ordering Shutdown of Westport Reclamation Site
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, December 9, 2022 Contacts Fred Tutman Patuxent Riverkeeper fred@paxriverkeeper.org (240) 393-1547 Rosie Stone Senior Legal Officer, Namati rosiestone@namati.org (843) 609-2166 On Tuesday, the Anne Arundel County Office of Administrative Hearings issued an order agreeing with local residents and environmental justice advocates that the Westport Reclamation site (also known as the Belle…
Read MoreEPA and Chesapeake Bay Foundation are Failing To Save the Bay !
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to sanction states for again failing to meet minimum Clean Water Act requirements for the Chesapeake Bay is an act of ethical cowardice. Since the signing of the first Bay Agreement in 1983, with pledges by the EPA and bay states to restore the bay, repeated agreements to reduce…
Read MoreAPPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED NOW, FOR OUR–2024 PATUXENT SUMMER DAY CAMP FOR YOUTH
APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED NOW, FOR OUR FREE–PATUXENT DAY CAMP FOR YOUTH… SPACE IS LIMITED, SO APPLY NOW–OR NOMINATE A YOUNG PERSON! Patuxent Riverkeeper is offering a really exciting “Free” summer program designed for summer youth. We will host three intensive outdoor classes running for a week at a time in June, July and August. Enrollment…
Read MoreMaryland Legislature Passes Bills Strengthening Clean Water Protections and Ensuring Equity
Three bills improve the state’s regulation, enforcement, and public notice under the Clean Water Act (Takoma Park, MD) – In a victory for protecting clean water and addressing environmental injustices, the Maryland legislature passed three bills that significantly improve the monitoring and enforcement of pollution permits, require an evaluation of environmental injustices for new permits, and…
Read MoreStretch & Sip (presented by Astral Healing Arts & Treehouse Juices
Join us July 18th August 8th & 15th 9am-10am for a morning of Vinyasa Flow yoga with Tamara Preregistration required Space is limited, non-refundable $30 fee. “To register email astralhealingarts@yahoo.com Send juice selection w/ registration! “Bring a yoga mat and we got the juice NO CLASS IF IT’S RAINING! Riverkeeper House 17412 Nottingham Rd Upper…
Read MoreWe Are Taking The Steps To Reopening Come Participate (Safely) in One of Our Events This Summer
Come participate in our first in person event of 2021 by the river. On July 24th at 4 pm, we will be hosting an evening of family storytelling, paddling & ceremony under the Buck moon. Please come celebrate, rejuvenate & build community at the Patuxent River. Canoe or Kayak rentals on our site 24 hours…
Read More2021 No Whining, Only Wine-ing 5k & 10k
2021 No Whining, Only Wine-ing 5k & 10k Sunday, July 18th Check https://www.facebook.com/events/429953101386298?active_tab=about for all the updates Points count towards our Year-Long 5k, 10k, & Back of the Pack Series. Points count towards Sippin’ Series. Find more info about the series here. Runners Receive: Glass of Wine from Running Hare Vineyard,…
Read MoreCOVID Status Update!
The Patuxent Riverkeeper Center is closed to public and group activities as a response to the COVID epidemic and the need for public safety. • Bathrooms are locked • Interior offices are closed to the public • We are not offering any public services on site. • We are not renting canoe or kayaks at…
Read MoreCode Red: for the Chesapeake Bay
By: Gerald Winegrad, Fred Tutman, Kathy Phillips Recent alarming news about the Chesapeake Bay signals a code red for immediate action. Efforts must be ramped up to greatly reduce agricultural and urban runoff pollution. These are the inconvenient truths compelling such action: The legal-sized Maryland bay oyster population declined by half since 1999. Oysters are below…
Read MoreCourt Rules for Patuxent Riverkeeper in Coal Waste Appeal!
Patuxent Riverkeeper, as a co-respondent with Prince George’ s County, MD has prevailed in an attempt by NRG to overturn the August closure order for the Brandywine/North Keyes Coal waste site issued by the County in August 2018. Patuxent Riverkeeper had been a party to the original zoning case in this matter as well. Legal…
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