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After heavy rain events, the residents of Southdown Shores in Edgewater were noticing something troubling. At their community property, a visible plume of sediment would spill into Beards Creek, clouding the water and signaling an opportunity for restoration. For the community, that concern sparked action! Arundel Rivers, in partnership with the Southdown Shores community, investigated the issue and uncovered that the source was a failing stormwater pipe. Designed to carry ru

From left to right: foamflower ( Tiarella cordifolia ), golden alexander ( Zizia aurea ), and Virginia spiderwort ( Tradescantia virginiana ) are all iconic spring-blooming natives that can be found cultivated or wild in our watersheds! If you didn’t take the hint from the heat, our watersheds have officially woken up from their winter slumber. The spiderworts are opening in the morning, the golden alexanders are blossoming, and local gardeners are itching to get this year’s

We did it. We've crossed the finish line of the legislative session, which is also the starting line of our water monitoring season. No rest for the Riverkeeper team! Here's a deeper dive into which bills reached the end of the session and how our monitoring season began. As usual, this session had some wins and losses. However, this year saw several shake-ups, given the new Speaker of the House, new committees, and the fact that it's an election year. After all 90 days were

Maryland is grappling with a serious but largely invisible source of water pollution — and this week, the Maryland Senate is allowing a critical opportunity to better manage failing septic systems slip out of reach. In the aftermath of Senate floor discussions about important septic legislation, some lawmakers questioned whether pollution from septic systems is truly a problem — framing it as overblown, or even suggesting that septic systems are a simple, well-understood infr