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2019 State of Our Rivers: South, West, and Rhode
Photo: David Sites
Arundel Rivers on the Half Shell Online Auction Starts Next Week!
Tuesday, May 5 through Tuesday, May 12
2019 State of Our Rivers: South, West, and Rhode Photo: David - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
2019 State of Our Rivers: South, West, and Rhode Photo: David - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
2019 State of Our Rivers: South, West, and Rhode Photo: David Sites Arundel Rivers on the Half Shell Online Auction Starts Next Week! Tuesday, May 5 through Tuesday, May 12 Thank You! All the volunteers who helped collect the data
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Thank You!
- All the volunteers who helped collect the data
- Marvin Solberg and Diane McBee for their
weekly summer commitment
- Dr. Wayne Martin and Dr. Jenny Gunderson, our
Quality Assurance Officers MOST OF ALL: To You for caring, participating, and supporting Arundel Rivers
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Big Picture
All Three Rivers Improved in 2019:
- South +5%
- West +4%
- Rhode +5%
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But, they did not improve in the same ways:
Water Temperature Scores Improved Rhode Bottom Temperature (+10) West Bottom Temperature (+17)
Nutrient Scores Improved: Total Phosphorus (+12) Total Nitrogen (+11)
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52 Stations:
- Clarity
- Temperature
- Dissolved Oxygen
- pH
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- Enterococci bacteria
36 Stations:
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- Sample at 21 stations
(unsafe swimming >=104 cfu/100mL)
- Analysis completed by Anne Arundel
County Community College
- Data supplemented by an additional
15 county stations
If you are interested in having your community beach tested- email jesse@arundelrivers.org
Bacteria!
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3 stations:
Monthly sampling
- Nutrients
(Total Nitrogen) (Total Phosphorus)
- Total Suspended Solids
(Sediment)
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4 Flight Paths:
- Underwater Grasses
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Underwater Grasses have Returned!
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Living Shoreline
Underwater Grasses
Oyster Sanctuary Reef
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Turnbull Living Shoreline 2019
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Oysters are Working Hard
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Acid idification? → Getting Back to “Basics”
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Ways to Help lp Our Riv ivers
- Underwater Grass Hunt
It will start next week! Want to paddle your creek and map where the grasses are growing? email: Jesse@arundelrivers.org
- Become an Oyster Gardener
Raise oysters on your own or your community’s dock
- Know Your Creek!
More information about individual creeks can be found at our interactive data map www.southriverdata.org
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For Annapolis: 2010-17 average rainfall was 40.2 inches 2018 = 56.7 inches 2019 = 25.4 inches
31 inches
Mother Nature Remains in Charge
Do your chores
- r else!
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Less Rain Meant Less Polluted Stormwater
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Healthiest Creeks 2019 2019 2019-2018 MS1 74.07 B 1.91 MS1A 72.9 B 3.41 Selby 69.97 B 4.57 MS1B 68.3 B 3.21 Crab 66.75 B 6.92 Unhealthiest Creeks 2019 2019 2019-2018 MS5 52.23 C 6.12 Broad 53.5 C 2.73 MS4 56.75 C+ 4.03 Church 58.76 C+ 9.5 Beards 59.67 C+ 8.89
South River
Most improved from last year Least Improved (No creeks got worse!) 2019 2019 2019-2018 2019 2019 2019-2018 Little Aberdeen 63.35 B- 9.87 Glebe 65.91 B 3.36 Church 58.76 C+ 9.5 MS1B 68.3 B 3.21 Beards 59.67 C+ 8.89 Broad 53.5 C 2.73 Warehouse 59.88 C+ 8.63 Harness 62.55 B- 2.15 Pocahontas 63.54 B- 7.49 MS1 74.07 B 1.91
South
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Rhode River
2019 Unhealthiest Creeks Score Grade River Club Estates 59.77 C+ Sellman Creek 59.89 C+ Ponder Cove 60 B- Big Island 61.4 B- Rhode River Marina 62.27 B- 2019 Healthiest Creeks Score Grade Off Camp Wabanna 69.75 B Cadle Creek 68.75 B Mouth of Rhode River 68.2 B Locust Pt. Marker #7 65.8 B High Island 64.55 B-
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West River
2019 Unnhealthiest Creeks Score Grade Fords Creek 56.18 C+ Lerch Creek 57.39 C+ Johns Creek 58.31 C+ Smith Creek 58.57 C+ LaFayette Creek 61.41 B- 2019 Healthiest Creeks Score Grade Float-Free Channel 68.75 B Parrish Creek Marker #1 68.69 B Parrish Creek 68.33 B Cheston Point 65.55 B Popham Creek 65.12 B
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River Mystery
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Why are the Severn and South Rivers so much clearer than the West & Rhode?
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Watershed Land Use
(acres) Severn South Rhode West Total Area 44,160 36,433 8,783 7,809 Impervious 19% 12% 6% 6% Forest 32% 45% 54% 41% Agriculture 4% 15% 10% 19%
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Our Job Is Is Never Done
More Investigation is Needed
- Active construction sites in the wrong
place at the wrong time?
- Soil type? More clay versus sand?
- Not enough buffer near erosive sites?
- Less non-tidal stream miles?
- Outreach with farms?
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- Type in your gift amount and select your
giving frequency.
- Even $5 or $10 a month would mean the
world to us!
To donate monthly
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