The Anne Arundel County DPW Bureau of Watershed Protection & Restoration's Fiscal Year 2025 "A Land of Rivers" Annual Report is now available! This report summarizes watershed protection and restoration actions initiated and supported by the County over the past fiscal year (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025). View the report HERE or visit aarivers.org to learn more.
From the report - "In Fiscal Year 2025, the unofficial theme for BWPR has been “partnerships.” Some notable examples include: the Bureau’s partnership with the Department of Recreation & Parks and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to install native pollinator meadows and reforestation projects on Park property; partnership with the Bureau of Waste Management, Bureau of Highways, Anne Arundel Watershed Stewards Academy, and Maryland Re-Entry Resource Center to conduct multiple community litter cleanup events; and, partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Trust and multiple nonprofit grantee organizations to design and implement cost-effective local restoration projects through the County’s Watershed Restoration Grant Program. Partnerships are invaluable for enhancing community engagement, maximizing impact potential, and minimizing costs to taxpayers. The Bureau of Watershed Protection & Restoration is committed to engaging in intra/intergovernmental, private, and nonprofit partnerships to achieve clean water goals."