Our Mission

The mission of the Severn Riverkeeper Program is to protect and restore the Severn River for our families and future generations. Our goal is to reduce pollution, muddy runoff, contamination, and loss of habitat so that the Severn is removed from EPA’s “impaired waterways” list and is once again safe and swimmable.

What We've Achieved

Our staff and volunteers work to preserve, protect and enhance community natural resources in the Severn River Watershed by:

Building prototype restoration projects in our streams and riparian areas that set the standard for ecosystem restoration, wetland enhancement and ecosystem uplift

Working with local communities to find funding for design and construction of restoration projects to reduce runoff.
Advocating for the river by patrolling for critical area violations and legally challenging developers and regulators when merited

Working with the scientific and environmental engineering disciplines to refine our approaches for stream restoration, outfall restoration and living shoreline management
Performing water quality monitoring and analyzing the results with Severn Riverkeeper’s team of esteemed scientists.

Advocating with state, federal and local policy makers and regulators to remove roadblocks to effective restoration.

The Severn Riverkeeper Program (SRK) is a staffed, active grassroots organization dedicated to conservation, wetland preservation and restoration. It is part of the National Waterkeepers Alliance. Sara Caldes is your current Severn Riverkeeper, and she has worked with the organization since 2004. Fred Kelly founded SRK in 2002 and serves as the Executive Director.