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Tag >> Harness Creek
Warehouse Creek, Selby Bay, Riverkeeper, Pollution, Pocahontas Creek, Harness Creek, Glebe Creek, Gingerville Creek, Flat Creek, Duvall Creek, Crab Creek, Church Creek, Broad Creek, Brewer Creek, Beards Creek, Almshouse Creek, Aberdeen Creek 7 Jul 2010

South River Tidal Monitoring 2010 Station

by diana

The South River Federation's Riverkeeper Tidal Water Quality montoring is in mid-season currently.  Some of you may have see us out there sampling the water quality.  I have been ask many questions about when and where we sample.  I have provided a GIS map of our current tidal stations.  I have 7 main stem stations, then 14 stations in each of the tidal creeks.  

West River, Warehouse Creek, Tarnans Branch, Severn River, Selby Bay, Rhode River, Pollution, Pocahontas Creek, Patuxent River, North River, Magothy River, Limehouse Cove, Harness Creek, Glebe Creek, Gingerville Creek, Flat Creek, Duvall Creek, Crab Creek, Clean Up, Church Creek, Broad Creek, Brewer Creek, Bell Branch, Beards Creek, Bacon Ridge Branch, Almshouse Creek, Aberdeen Creek 13 May 2010

Bay Restoration Strategy

by diana

 

EPA Unveils Chesapeake Bay Restoration Strategy

 The Chesapeake Bay Restoration Strategy is now out as presented by Lisa Jackson (EPA administrator) yesterday.  She stated that only thing needed is money and resources.

I would like to include Three more things:

1)  The absolute old fashion American CAN DO.  With out the can do/will do we will not have anything.

2 ) Much better enforcement,  marinas have put large piers/bulkhead/and pilings into the South River and have only received a 43,000.00 fine, and they did not have to take out the structures that were installed.  So, in reality the company folded the fine into the cost of doing the construction.  The State and Federal agencies need to not only have greater fines but mandate that these structures be removed! 

3)  I would also like to include more education on the true causes of the destruction of the Chesapeake Bay and the South River.  I speak beyond the choir quite often and have learned that most adults really do not know what stormwater runoff it,  they do not know how fertilizer can harm the Bay/River,  they do not realize how poor the infrastructure of our septic and sewer systems is.  I see very well educated folks over-fertilize their lawns in order to get the Crayola crayon green color, instead of managing their lawns in a River-friendly way.

http://wjz.com/local/Bay.foundation.epa.2.1689773.html

 

Rain Garden, Harness Creek 3 Jun 2009

Harness Creek Rain Garden

by erik

The same day that some Federation volunteers were planting marsh grasses in London Towne, others were planting a recently installed rain garden designed to capture stormwater above Harness Creek. The project was funded with a generous mini grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust and is aimed at protecting tidal wetland habitat around Harness Creek.   The rain garden is approximately 675 sq/ft, and captures the runoff from several large homes near the waterfront.  

Below, Federation volunteers Kevin Green and John Flood plant wetland shrubs and herbaceous vegetation in the rain garden.

Below is a picture of the finished rain garden shortly after a storm.