River News

Press Release: Chesapeake Waterkeepers Coalition Calls on Maryland to Strengthen Regulations on Agricultural Use of Manure Wednesday, May 16, 2012 – 12:00am Proposed rules would lead to excessive farm-related pollution and hurt state’s efforts to clean up the Chesapeake and other waterways SHADY SIDE, MD – WATERKEEPERS Chesapeake, a coalition of 18 waterway-protection groups, is…

Riverkeeper Fred Tutman speaks for the water. Often, his canoe is his office as he patrols Maryland’s Patuxent River. Tutman has served as the Patuxent Riverkeeper since leaving law school in 2004. A tireless advocate for the river, he grew up along its banks as did seven generations of his family before him. Since then,…

Landmark Decision Sets Statewide Precedent for Maryland Citizen Groups OCTOBER 2, 2011 (UPPER MARLBORO, MD) — In a recent 5-2 decision, Maryland’s highest court upheld judicial standing for a member of a local environmental group contesting a wetlands permit awarded to developers of a shopping mall. The case – "Patuxent Riverkeeper v. Maryland Department of…

May 19th Rally and Press Conference in Annapolis. Join us at the City Dock in Annapolis at 1pm! Contingent rain location is 58 State Circle in the Atrium. A flotilla of small craft operated by 18 affiliated Chesapeake Waterkeeper groups as they demand that Maryland Legislators deliver leadership and action on the cleanup of the…

It Happened on the Banks of the Patuxent River: My First Bald Eagle Sighting By Tom Terry It was in the late 1950’s. My brother Michael and I were fishing for eel and white and yellow perch on the bank of the Patuxent River with my Grandfather, Anthony (Tony) Poula, at our favorite fishing spot…

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 from the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT), the US Navy (USN) and Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) are surveying for a War of 1812 shipwreck in…

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 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…

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…

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 for the participants in the 2009 Patuxent Sojourn you can download a copy of it here: Nick Carter

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" in the MD General Assembly. Using the term "compromise" as a euphemism for weakening of the regulation is a variety of "spin" that should be…