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BRRC Reports Passing Results in Local Waterways

Back River Restoration Committee released their results for water quality testing last week. BRWWTP: 12.2 MPN/100mL Stemmers Run: 151.5 MPN/100mL Millers Island: 4.1 MPN/100mL 695 Overpass: 206.4 MPN/100mL Lynch Point: 46.4 MPN/100mL Muddy Gut: 19.9 MPN/100mL Todd Point Lane: 5.1 MPN/100mL Cox’s Point: 9.8 MPN/100mL Wildwood Beach: 1.0 MPN/100mL According to the State of Maryland, […]

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Linover Summer Street Cleanup Blitz

Linover Improvement Association will hold its Linover Summer Cleanup Blitz on Saturday, July 27 from 8 to 10 a.m. The group will meet at Terrence Drive, entrance to Linover Park. Student service learning hours will be given. Bags and gloves will be provided.

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Blue Water Baltimore Gives Update on Local Waterways

Blue Water Baltimore announced that its team collected tidal water samples around the area. Here is their report: “With restrictions surrounding the Key Bridge lifted, we are able to anchor off of Fort Carroll and begin sample collection for the 2024 season. Results from this week’s bacteria samples are listed below. Check out baltimorewaterwatch.org to […]

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Steering Committee Created to Examine Future of Hart-Miller Island

–photo courtesy of Maryland DNR- As part of the latest effort to support regional port infrastructure following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Baltimore County announced a call for applications to serve on a new steering committee to lead an extensive public engagement process regarding the development of a potential new community benefit […]

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Midge Treatment Continues on Back River

County Councilman David Marks reports Baltimore County plans to conduct the next round of helicopter application of midge treatment on the upper Back River next week. The application is scheduled to occur on Monday, June 17 and Tuesday, June 18. As always, the timing and dates are dependent on changing wind and weather conditions and […]

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24 BCPS Receive Grants From Clean Green 15 Litter Challenge

Twenty-four Baltimore County public schools were today awarded $38,000 in environmental literacy grants for their outstanding clean-up initiatives during Clean Green 15 Litter Challenge. During this year’s challenge, 6,874 volunteers from schools and community-based groups conducted a record-breaking 502 clean-ups, filling 3,228 bags with litter that could have made its way into streams and the Chesapeake […]

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Midge Reduction Treatments to Continue in Back River

Following significant declines in nuisance midge levels along Back River in Eastern Baltimore County, County Executive Johnny Olszewski today announced that midge reduction treatments will continue this spring. Aerial spraying – along with remediation inside Baltimore’s Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant – is expected to begin on Monday, March 4, and continue through the fall. […]