In mid-November, 260 volunteers joined staff from Blue Water Baltimore and Gunpowder Valley Conservancy to remove trash from local streams during the annual Better Waterways Fall Cleanup. At ten cleanup sites, seven in Baltimore City and three in Baltimore County,… →
You built and installed a beautiful and functional rain garden where the plants, soil, and mulch partner together to absorb and filter urban runoff! Alas, your work is not done. Similar to conventional landscaping rain gardens need some care and maintenance throughout the… →
Today, Blue Water Baltimore is proudly announcing a new faith-based initiative – fueled by a $250,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – to reduce polluted runoff in Baltimore’s watersheds. Uncontrolled, polluted runoff is the only source of… →
Do rain gardens really work to protect aquatic wildlife? Researchers at Washington State University decided to find out for sure, and set up a pretty simple but clever test: salmon. They collected storm water from around the Seattle region and… →
Hi! My name is Erin McVey and I am the new Rain Barrel and Water Audit Program Coordinator at Blue Water Baltimore. Having just moved to Baltimore, it is great to be out and about getting to know the city… →
[Note: This week we are joining author Jennifer Chambers, the Chesapeake Bay Trust, and the Alice Ferguson Foundation in a blog tour to celebrate children as watershed heroes, which is the subject of her new book aimed at young people.]… →
[Note: Amy Dewan is the Americorps Storm Drain Arts Coordinator for Blue Water Baltimore. She is an environmental justice organizer, educator, and artist from Baltimore, MD.] With a mere week left in my AmeriCorps term here at Blue Water Baltimore,… →
This past Sunday was a beautiful day: great for playing (or watching) football, taking a nice fall walk or exploring Herring Run Park. Better yet, it was a great day for creating rain barrels. The Hall Springs section of Herring… →