Attorney General Gansler will spend the day in Leonardtown and St. Mary’s City to hear firsthand from local environmental leaders, residents, students, faculty members, and elected officials about the challenges facing the St. Mary’s River. Protecting the environment and holding polluters ccountable is the Attorney General’s top priority. The information gathered during the audits of individual rivers provides valuable information in identifying polluters and problems faced. This information is essential in the Attorney General’s efforts to enforce the laws and assists in designing creative solutions to environmental issues.

As part of the Audit, Attorney General Gansler will take a boat trip on the St. Mary’s River. The St. Mary’s River Audit visit will conclude with a Town Hall Meeting at St. Mary’s College of Maryland at 5:00 p.m. in Cole Cinema in the Campus Center, located at 18952 E. Fisher Road, St. Mary’s City, MD 20686. The public is invited to attend the Town Hall meeting. This is an opportunity for citizens to share their concerns about the health of the St. Mary’s River and any other environmental issues in the community.

Photo: Sunset on the tidal St. Mary's River - courtesy St. Mary's College of Maryland

Saturday, April 4
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Get ready to cleanup the St. Mary’s River! Enjoy a wonderful paddle while picking up trash along the St. Mary’s River Water Trail or walk the shores of St. Mary’s College of Maryland collecting trash. The public is invited to participate.

Please meet at the Great Mills Canoe/Kayak Launch if paddling. Bring your canoe or kayak, gloves, and gear. Or meet at the St. Mary’s College of Maryland boathouse for shore-side location. Help cleanup the St. Mary’s River and improve your watershed!

The St. Mary’s River Cleanup is part of the Alice Ferguson Foundation 21st Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup, www.potomaccleanup.org.

For more information on the St. Mary’s River Cleanup and to RSVP call 301-737-2903 or email Lindsay@StMarysRiver.org.