By Alex Norbrook On Thursday, June 2, Blue Water Baltimore hosted a webinar to hear from leaders across Maryland who are spearheading the creation of local Resilience Authorities in response to the climate crisis. Recognizing that local governments bear the burden of building, maintaining, and upgrading infrastructure to withstand the effects of climate change, the…
It’s been a whirlwind of a year on all fronts, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. We’ve navigated through many challenges, welcomed new staff members to our BWB family, and we’re working every day to hold polluters accountable. So, what has your Baltimore Waterkeeper team been up to? Growing our Team of Water Protectors Our…
After leading Blue Water Baltimore for almost four years as our Board Chair, Fiona Newton is passing the torch to Kevin Shea in January 2019. We sat down with Fiona to talk about her journey with our organization, what she sees for the future, and what people might be surprised to know about her. …
Gushing water main breaks, chronic sewage overflows, and “fatbergs” in the pipes – when it comes to Baltimore’s failing infrastructure, sometimes it feels like we’re the only city dealing with these seemingly insurmountable problems. We often get asked during our Pollution 101 training events whether Baltimore is alone in its struggles for clean water, but the answer is…
When we survey the Inner Harbor, it is easy to see some types of trash. Plastic bottles and bags often float to the surface. But what about those smaller pieces of trash, like cigarette butts and tiny bits of expanded polystyrene foam (aka styrofoam)? On July 20th, Blue Water Baltimore’s Waterkeeper team partnered with Trash Free Maryland and the National Aquarium to do…
On July 19th, Blue Water Baltimore’s Ecoliteracy & Engagement Manager, Michel Anderson, had the privilege of guiding the 6th grade students in Gilman School’s Bridges Program on our Jones Falls Watershed Tour. We started at Lake Roland and traveled down Falls Road, following the Jones Falls River to where it opens into the Inner Harbor….
Today, Blue Water Baltimore, the home of the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper, announced that our tidal water quality monitoring program has achieved Tier III status through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program (EPA CBP). This is the highest standard set by EPA for non-traditional monitoring entities, and means that the tidal data we routinely…
On a bright morning in May intrepid volunteer David Farkas pulled on the waders for his first ever outfall screening blitz with Blue Water Baltimore … Our screening blitz volunteers perform a vital role in helping us identify pollution entering our waterways through Baltimore City’s stormwater system, whether in the form of sewage, water main breaks,…
You may have heard about our Clean Water Community Healing Project, a collaboration between Blue Water Baltimore and MedStar Harbor Hospital to reshape **25 acres** of their campus with green infrastructure. We’ll be busting up asphalt and concrete, installing stormwater management features, planting healing gardens, and creating new habitat for wildlife and pollinators. This will…
Blue Water Baltimore is proud to be a founding partner of One Water Partnership, which provides free expertise and technical support to communities of faith in the Jones Falls Watershed to promote greater environmental stewardship and more effective stormwater management. Recently, participants had the opportunity to join a bus tour of some of the partnership’s…