How Can You Help the Riverkeeper Protect the Severn?

• Watch your local waterway and watershed area for violations of environmental laws.  If you see questionable activity, or indication of environmental problems like fish kills or algal blooms, call Riverkeeper Fred Kelly (410 849 8540) and/or the Chesapeake Environmental Hotline (1-877-224-7229).
   
• Identify eroding shorelines and talk to property owners and neighbors about a "living shorelines" restoration project.  Getting your community involved is a great way to make it happen. Ask Riverkeeper Fred Kelly for advice on how to make this happen.
   

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  Think about water flow in your local watershed.  Do local waters become clouded with silt after rainstorms?  Are creek beds eroded because development has produced too much impervious surface higher in the watershed?  Are storm drains and stormwater retention ponds functioning properly?  Talk to your neighbors and the Riverkeeper about these stormwater issues.
   
• Go to the monthly Severn River Association meetings to learn what others in the watershed are thinking and doing about the Severn River and its future.
   
• Support the Scenic Rivers Land Trust's efforts to set aside land that will be permanently restricted from development.
   
• Attend the annual Celebrate the Severn fundraiser party at CBF in the fall (September 20, 2007).  Meet the Riverkeeper and friends and enjoy the spectacular CBF headquarters building.
   
• Contribute to the Riverkeeper programs by sending money to: Severn Riverkeeper, 329 Riverview Trail, Annapolis, MD 21401.  The Severn Riverkeeper is a tax-exampt, 501c3 organization.