Tour the SERC campus with West & Rhode Riverkeeper Jeff Holland, view green infrastructure projects, and learn how you can use native plants in your yard to fight stormwater pollution and create beautiful habitats for wildlife! To learn more and to register, click here.
Celebrate the Bay’s rich heritage in a festival dedicated to Chesapeake folk music! Enjoy songs and storytelling from local bands, while taking in the view from SERC’s 18th-century mansion ruins overlooking the Bay.
Purchase tickets here.
View our interactive data map to see if the South River is swimmable and fishable. It also features many of our restoration projects. We can’t wait to add more for West and Rhode Rivers.
Confirmed Algae Blooms in the South River! Results came back from two samples collected on Wednesday, August 7th, when our South Riverkeeper saw a water clarity of less than only 1 foot at the mouth of the River! The source of the extremely low water…
Arundel Rivers Federation celebrated the completion of Phase 1 of our restoration project at Anne Arundel County Health Department with a ribbon cutting. The Federation was joined by our partners including Bill Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Aquatic Resources for MD Department of Natural Resources; Jana…
Scuba Diving the South River Oyster Sanctuary Reef By Shayna Keller, Chesapeake Conservation Corps Volunteer On June 26th, I went scuba diving with my dive buddies, Evan Claggett and Brad King, at the Glebe Bay Oyster Sanctuary Reef on the South River. Our objective was…
On May 9, the Arundel Rivers Federation celebrated the 15th Anniversary of the South River on the Half Shell with over 275 supporters. We would like to again thank our sponsors who made the evening possible. We had spectacular weather for the event and the…
The West Rhode Riverkeeper, Jeff Holland, has been working with Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and South River High School students to determine the optimal number of oyster shells that should be placed in a Marylanders Grows Oysters cage. The Marylanders Grows Oyster program engages waterfront…
About the Position: Arundel Rivers Federation in Annapolis, MD seeks an energetic and visionary leader who is passionate about the mission of the organization. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director (ED) will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Arundel Rivers Federation’s…
Church Creek in Annapolis, MD is the most polluted creek in the South River Watershed and has been a high priority restoration goal since the Federation’s first strategic restoration plan in 2005. Over 50% of its 1,300 acre watershed contains impervious surfaces (watersheds start see…
In the 2019 General Assembly, Arundel Rivers is advocating for legislation that will deliver clean water to the South, West, and Rhode Rivers and Herring Bay. Specifically, we are working to ensure that local jurisdictions make their enforcement efforts publicly available online when they inspect…
The Eastport Oyster Boys will appear with West & Rhode Riverkeeper Jeff Holland at the Galesville Memorial Hall on March 2 from 8 to 11 p.m. in their fourth annual reunion concert, this year to benefit Arundel Rivers Federation. Beer and wine will be served…
We want to share with you some important news. Liz Buxton is no longer the Executive Director of Arundel Rivers Federation. Kevin Green, a board member since 2009, will serve as Interim Executive Director. We expect to have a new Executive Director in place by…
