Senator Van Hollen put out this statement in response to EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Director Dana Aunkst calling Bay pollution targets as "aspirational" and not "enforceable". For Immediate Release January 10, 2020 CONTACT: Francesca Amodeo – 202-228-0672 Van Hollen, Bay Members Press EPA on Enforcement of TMDL Pollution Reduction Targets In light...
Remember that huge algae bloom that ravaged Anne Arundel County rivers over the holiday break? On Friday afternoon, the head of EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program, Dana Aunkst, gave us to believe we should expect more of that kind of thing when he stated that the...
On December 30, 2019, Jesse Iliff, South RiverKeeper, visited the Edgewater library for a public hearing on a proposed development along Glebe Heights Drive. Given the timing between holidays, I expected to be one of a very few intrepid folks to turn out. I was...
Forest Conservation ACT PASSED! Thank You County Council Members for Protecting Our Local Forests! Just over two months ago, the Federation jumped right into the thick of the fight for our County’s forests when your South Riverkeeper penned an op-ed that was a call to arms for all County...
As we reflect on the past two monitoring seasons, we see a feast-or-famine paradigm unfolding in terms of rainfall and water quality. In 2018, we had record-setting rainfall that brought with it record-setting volumes of dirty stormwater, and the attendant drop in water quality in...
POLL SHOWS ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT PROPOSED FOREST CONSERVATION ACT ON EVE OF RALLY Reveals Strong Support for Stronger Forest Conservation and Concern over Tree Loss Edgewater, Md. – The Arundel Rivers Federation announced today results of a new countywide survey of Anne Arundel County...
By every conceivable measure, Anne Arundel County leads Maryland in forest loss. And the numbers are staggering. "Since 2010, Anne Arundel County has lost 2,840 acres of forest to development." Forests are one of our most valuable resources in our work towards clean water. From capturing and filtering out pollution before it...
The Board of Directors of the Arundel Rivers Federation is pleased to announce that Denise Swol, currently the Federation's Director of Development, has been named its new Executive Director. “We are very fortunate to have found a leader from within our ranks, who has the management...
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 clarity came...