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ShoreRivers Seeks Volunteers for Project Clean Stream – April 2 to May 26
Trash is everywhere throughout our watersheds. It’s nearly impossible to go anywhere without seeing garbage littering roadways, fluttering through farm fields, floating in ditches and streams, and dirtying parks. This spring, ShoreRivers and volunteers are hosting community trash cleanups as part of Project Clean Stream, a Bay-wide trash cleanup organized by the Alliance for the…
ShoreRivers Opens Pumpout Boat Season & Begins Bacteria Testing Program
ShoreRivers is pleased to announce an expanded bacteria testing program for the 2019 swimming season. The strain of bacteria sampled, Enterococci, indicates pathogens that may cause human illness. This bacteria can originate from a variety of sources, including failing septic systems, sewer overflows or leaks, poultry and livestock operations, improper disposal from marine tanks, and…
ShoreRivers – the Eastern Shore’s Uncompromising Voice for Clean Rivers
ShoreRivers – the Eastern Shore’s Uncompromising Voice for Clean Rivers by Jeff Horstman and Isabel Junkin Hardesty The Eastern Shore’s rivers weave through farmland, forests, marshes and towns on their way to the Chesapeake Bay. Each river is unique, with its own character, but they share in common the fish, crabs, waterfowl and people that…
MRC SEEKS VOLUNTEER CREEKWATCHERS
Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy (MRC) is seeking volunteers to join our Creekwatchers program on the Wye River, Cox Creek, Crab Alley, and Harris Creek. Creekwatcher teams conduct water quality monitoring at approximately 115 sites on nine rivers and Eastern Bay. Volunteers measure salinity, temperature, water clarity, and dissolved oxygen, and test for nitrogen, phosphorus, and chlorophyll a…
MRC Assists Town of Greensboro with Tree Project
Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy (MRC) and the Town of Greensboro have formed a partnership to develop and implement the Greensboro Tree Initiative. With a total of $43,247 awarded from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this project will identify opportunities to improve water quality in the Choptank River using…
Junkin Receives Ellen Fraites Wagner Award
Tim Junkin, founder of Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy (MRC), was the recipient of Chesapeake Bay Trust’s 2017 Ellen Fraites Wagner Award for Chesapeake Bay Stewardship. Pictured at the awards ceremony are, Junkin (with beard) surrounded by MRC staff members (left to right) Elle O’Brien, Tim Rosen, Kristin Junkin, Matt Pluta, Suzanne Sullivan and Sarah Boynton. Photo…