Severn Riverkeeper - Protecting & Restoring Maryland's Capital River

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Severn Riverkeeper featured on WJZ for Carriage Hills stormwater project - See the video

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Saltworks Creek Watershed Assessment & Action Plan
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Severn Restoration Plan – Our plan to stop the flow of sediment and nitrogen into the Severn is gaining traction. Septic systems are being up-graded, and we have been granted $450,000 to restore Clements Creek with an additional $925,000 being considered. Saltworks Creek is next, then up to the headwaters. Your donations are improving water quality.

SRK in Action!

Monitoring Reports

Severn Riverkeeper's Restoration Program

"Millions are being spent to create new oyster beds and plant oysters in the Severn River, but they are being suffocated and killed by stormwater runoff every time it rains. Their only hope for survival is the Severn Riverkeeper Restoration Program. It began with the $450,000 Clements Creek Restoration Project, thanks to the President's Stimulus Funding," said Severn Riverkeeper Fred Kelly.

Abell Foundation
Annapolis Developers
BB&T
Baldwin Homes
Campbell Foundation
Chesapeake Bay Trust
Clayton Baker Trust
Constellation Energy
Cristina and Craig Decker
Decker Family Foundation
ERM Foundation
Koons Toyota
Monticello Group
Morrell Family Foundation
Racoosin Family Foundation
Rathmann Family Foundation
RBC Wealth Management
Reliable Contracting
Severn 1000
Severn Savings Bank
Watermark Cruises

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Last October, Severn Riverkeeper Fred Kelly thanked Senator Cardin at Sandy Point State Park for the $450,000 from the President's Stimulus Package that jump started our $2 Million Severn River Restoration Program. We also took the opportunity to show the Senator our list of restoration projects yet to be funded and how they would improve water quality. Senator Cardin was holding a press conference on the Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act, a bill he introduced. It will provide $1.5 Billion for Bay Restoration. Fred was invited because he has been asking the Maryland Delegation to ensure that Bay Restoration Funds be used for restoration and not additional studies. We offered the Senator the opportunity to join us on the river and see how our restoration projects succeed and why previous efforts have failed.

If you ever wonder if your support of the Severn Riverkeeper Program is effective, join us as we install restoration projects around the Severn that protect and restore the river.

Thank you for supporting our fundraiser aboard the Catherine Marie. We SOLD OUT!

The Cruise for the Severn was a fun party and a financial success! The food by A Cook’s Café was great, the band, The Kings of Crownsville, was great, and the company was excellent! We even dodged a bullet in terms of the weather.

By unanimous acclaim, our cruise on the Catherine Marie will become a tradition for years to come.

If you have not renewed your membership this year, please do so by clicking on the donate box to the left. Renew now. Any donation amount makes you a member.

A big thank you to Watermark Cruises for use of the Catherine Marie!

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The Severn Riverkeeper Program is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring Maryland's Capital River, the Severn River, for our families and future generations. Our goal is to stop pollution and have a healthy, swimmable river for everyone to enjoy through water quality monitoring, restoration, education, and advocacy.

Fred Kelly in the riverkeeper boat

Our success depends on your participation! We have many active members and partnerships, but need everyone on the river to join in this effort. Together we can save the Severn. To make a donation or become a member please visit our Participate page.

Founded in 2002, our full-time staff includes Fred Kelly - Severn Riverkeeper & Staff Attorney; and Sara Caldes, Program Coordinator. The Severn Riverkeeper Program is a proud member of Waterkeeper Alliance.

Please contact us to report pollution and to inquire about volunteer projects, donations or events.

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The Importance of Legal Action to Save the Bay

The "Chicken War" article in the fall issue of Chesapeake Life Magazine reminds us of the importance of legal action in protecting the Severn and the Bay. | Read the article.

Reference is made to Severn Riverkeeper, Fred Kelly’s, successful fight to save the most important striped bass spawning area in the Chesapeake Bay. He stopped certain destruction of this critical area by PEPCO’s proposed nuclear power plant at Douglas Point on the Potomac River. The godfather of estuarine science, Dr. Eugene Cronin, called it the most important legal action ever taken on behalf of the Bay.

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Fred expresses the critical role of Riverkeepers and why your support of our advocacy on behalf of the Severn River is so vital: “True environmental protection only comes from lawsuits, where an impartial judge looks at the action being taken by the polluter and says, “You’re in violation of the law. You have to stop.” Reliance on voluntary compliance had doomed the Bay to certain destruction prior to the emergence of the Chesapeake Riverkeepers as a powerful force.

Fred credits the support of Keith Campbell, Samantha Campbell, the Campbell Foundation (Verna Harrison & Julie Hester), the Severn 1000, and all our members for our successful advocacy on behalf of the Severn.



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