When we were putting together our 2012 Annual Report – our first as a merged organization – we wanted to illustrate how we work on water quality issues in Baltimore. This infographic was created by our designer, Redstart Creative, to highlight the four major sources of water pollution in Baltimore: sewage, polluted runoff, trash, and…
The most popular native plants at Herring Run Nursery are ones that offer beauty year-round. The beauty of a native plant that shines in winter is that they help preserve the sense of seasonality. Winter in Maryland has its own special character, and one of the native plants that helps define that character is redosier dogwood (Cornus…
With 2013 now firmly in Baltimore’s rear view mirror, we thought it’d be fun to take a look back at the most popular Blue Water Baltimore blog posts from last year. #5: Baltimore Icons: The Jones Falls Baltimore radio station WTMD produced a great story on Jones Falls. If you haven’t listened to it, you…
Rain gardens are often the best solution for reducing the amount of polluted runoff your property generates. They capture the stormwater before it leaves your land, allowing it to soak gently back into the earth. This process helps the water cycle, reducing stream flooding during storms and recharging ground water, and also traps pollutants so…
Just one week ago, people across Baltimore rallied to the cause of generosity. Tuesday, December 3rd was #GivingTuesday – a day set aside in the spirit of Black Friday and Cyber Monday but for giving as good as you get. At the front of the movement in Baltimore was GiveCorps, a Charles Village-based startup. Their…
Can you imagine a city without impervious surfaces? Actually, engineers call them “impervious surfaces”. People in Baltimore know them as streets, sidewalks, parking lots, and roofs. These hard surfaces make urban and suburban life possible, but they also cause big environmental problems. In a natural environment, soft surfaces like meadows and forests can absorb and…
Blue Water Baltimore is excited to be a part of the BMoreGivesMore campaign to raise $5 million for local charities on #GivingTuesday. To make this happen, GiveCorps has organized over $37,000 in matching funds from local businesses and foundations and has put together an impressive array of rewards for people who donate on Tuesday, December…
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 water pollution still on the rise in the Chesapeake Bay. Stormwater running off hard surfaces…
On Tuesday, December 3rd Blue Water Baltimore will be asking our supporters to do something pretty special: help prove Baltimore is the most generous city in America! We know how special the people in Baltimore are: every day we work with you to protect our watersheds: 124 thousand acres of them. Every year we are…
From Halle Van der Gaag, Executive Director of Blue Water Baltimore: I am pleased to announce that David Flores has been selected as the new Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper. David has been working with the Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper program since 2009, at first through his position at the Jones Falls Watershed Association and since 2011 as…