Ark and Dove is a RiverWise Congregation!

     A recent alliance between Anne Arundel County, The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, The Chesapeake Bay Trust, and Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake has created a program specifically for faith communities. In exchange for sending someone through Anne Arundel County’s Master Watershed Steward program, congregations receive grant money for specific projects intended to “reduce the negative impacts of stormwater runoff”.  Ark and Dove has agreed to join this program, and I have agreed to become a Master Watershed Steward.  This is an intensive training program taking place over the next 6 months, which will culminate in a project on Ark and Dove property sometime next year.  I will be giving you updates here on greenarkanddove.blogspot.com as I travel through the program.  I hope to learn much about the Patuxent Watershed which we live in, and to be able to serve as a resource and educator to other Ark and Dove members about what you can do to make a difference locally.  I hope to be able to share information about what tangible efforts Ark and Dove can do as a community, and what you can do at home as an individual to improve our waterways, and improve water quality in the Chesapeake.   Stay tuned!