Category: River News

August 12, 2019

Confirmed Algae Blooms in the South River!

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 […]

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June 12, 2019

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

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 […]

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May 23, 2019

South River High School Students Help Determine Optimal Oyster Numbers

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 […]

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March 1, 2019

Why are Clarity and Dissolved Oxygen Important?

Water Quality Water Clarity is the measurement of how far sunlight can pass through the water column. Sunlight is one of the key elements needed for underwater grasses to grow. […]

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February 7, 2019

Bacteria Levels Decreasing At Church Creek Headwaters!

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 […]

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Advocating for Cleaner Waters

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 […]

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Support Healthy Rivers by Listening to Eastport Oysters Boys!

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 […]

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November 27, 2018

A GIVING TUESDAY FILLED WITH GRATITUDE

Baba Dioum said, “In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we were taught.”   […]

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October 18, 2018

Two Leading Anne Arundel Watershed Organizations Plan to Join Forces

(Edgewater, MD) – South River Federation and West/Rhode Riverkeeper, Inc. plan to consolidate their two nonprofit organizations, pending approval from a membership vote later this month. The unified organization will […]

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January 1, 1970

River Data Wrap Up

We have finished the 2020 monitoring season for the South, West and Rhode Rivers. The season was characterized by relatively mild weather but those creeks with the most impervious surfaces […]

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