Urban Waters and the Patapsco Watershed/Baltimore Region (Maryland)
Many of the following links are non-federal
The 375,000-acre Patapsco River Watershed spans four counties, flows to the Baltimore City Harbor and ultimately into Chesapeake Bay. The Patapsco River Watershed includes:
- Patapsco River
- Gwynn Falls
- Jones Falls
- Herring Run
- Baltimore Harbor
The watershed consists of forested areas, rural areas, productive farms, as well as suburban, urban and industrial areas.
The Baltimore Urban Waters project will create a coordination committee and develop projects devoted to:
- protecting and restoring urban waters
- promoting community revitalization and strengthening social fabric by removing urban blight
- establishing open spaces
- creating economic development to catalyze opportunities for disadvantaged neighborhoods
- capitalizing on the social and economic benefits derived from improved urban waters and adjacent lands
Federal partner agencies will work together with:
- city, county and state agencies
- local Non-Government Organizations and Centers for Disease Control (CDCs)
- community groups
Resources
- Baltimore Urban Waters Flood Science and Policy Workshop Action Report
- BES and Environmental Justice (PDF)(9 pp, 3 MB)
- Stew-MAP
- Urban Tree Canopy Prioritization (PDF)(26 pp, 1.5 MB)
- Green Pattern Book
- Baltimore's Water Quality
- Baltimore Harbor Report Cards (annual publications starting in 2014)
- Baltimore Water Watch (interactive map with live water quality data)
- USGS and Urban Waters
List of Partners
Federal
- U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Housing and Urban Development
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Department of the Interior National Park Service
- National Resources Conservation Service
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Forest Service
- U.S. Geological Survey
Non-Federal
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- University of Maryland
- Maryland Department of the Envrionment
- Baltimore Office of Sustainability
- Baltimore Department of Public Works
- Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability
Non-Governmental Orgs
- Interfaith Partners of the Chesapeake
- Parks and People
- MD Sierra Club
- Baltimore City Arborist
- Center for Chesapeake Communities
- National Aquarium
- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
- Baltimore Green Space
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation