Join Blue Water Baltimore for a guided walking tour of artist Bruce Willen’s Ghost Rivers art project (https://ghostrivers.com/) and one of Baltimore’s lost waterways. This walk will follow the hidden path of the Sumwalt Run, a buried creek which now flows through underground culverts deep beneath the streets of Baltimore. Participants will visit nine of the Ghost Rivers installations, learn how Baltimore’s history is currently affecting its present, and be asked to consider what the future might look like for Baltimore’s buried waterways.

This tour is 3/4 mile each way (start to end and back), and lasts 60-90 minutes.

Space for this event is limited. Registration for this event will open up in the weeks leading up to the event.

Starting a clean energy project can be challenging for municipalities—luckily, we have you covered! Join the Maryland Clean Energy Center and the Center for Climate Strategies for an introductory webinar covering the Maryland Clean Energy Resilience Toolkit, a new resource designed to help communities plan and implement clean energy and resilience projects.  

The session will introduce the Toolkit’s step-by-step framework, highlight available resources, and explore how communities can move from planning to action while advancing local resilience goals. 

DCWF encourages all residents, property owners, and stakeholders within the watershed to participate in these educational sessions and join in supporting efforts to preserve the health and beauty of Deep Creek Lake for future generations.

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science’s Horn Point Laboratory will host its annual Open House on Saturday, October 10, 2026 from 11am to 4pm.  The event is free, and will take place rain or shine.

Visitors of all ages can learn about the cutting edge environmental science research Horn Point Lab scientists conduct in the Chesapeake Bay and across the world’s oceans, through interactive exhibits and activities designed and led by scientists themselves.

Residential household hazardous waste (HHW) collection is held the first Saturday of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Department of Public Works, 10430 Audie Lane, La Plata. Improper disposal of leftover household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients can pollute the environment and pose a threat to human health. Latex Paint is not toxic and once solidified can be disposed of in your household trash.

Residential household hazardous waste (HHW) collection is held the first Saturday of each month from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Department of Public Works, 10430 Audie Lane, La Plata. Improper disposal of leftover household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients can pollute the environment and pose a threat to human health. Latex Paint is not toxic and once solidified can be disposed of in your household trash.