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Attention Neighbors:
Attention Neighbors:
You can help stop the mile long Bear Branch stream "restoration" project in Millersville, Maryland located east of Veterans Highway running from East West Boulevard and Rustling Oaks Drive to Benfield Boulevard.
You can help stop the mile long Bear Branch stream "restoration" project in Millersville, Maryland located east of Veterans Highway running from East West Boulevard and Rustling Oaks Drive to Benfield Boulevard.
Why?
Why?
Hundreds of trees will be deforested in the mile long stretch of Bear Branch for heavy machinery to regrade the terrain and truck in stone and other foreign materials
The “restoration” will not bring back the stream to a former state as implied
The stream will be converted into a stormwater management system with stone riffles and ponds
Newly cleared areas will invite invasive plants
Fish and and other aquatic life will be destroyed in the process and will not be able to navigate up and down the stream in the future
Stream-side ecosystems will be destroyed
The changes are prone to failure because the root cause of the streambed erosion won't be addressed
There are other options to handle stormwater runoff in upland areas such as swales, and bio-retention ponds that serve the same purpose of retaining nutrients and sediment runoff without destroying stream ecosystems
If upland areas are addressed, streams are capable of self-healing without human intervention or heavy machinery
Bottom Line: This is a multi-million dollar greenwashed attempt by the Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works to turn a natural stream into a stormwater runoff system and fulfill the county’s credits for TMDL and MS4 permits. It will not improve the function of the stream as a stream. These so-called “restorations” are not backed by scientists from organizations such as the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Trust (References) and are being fought all across the state (References). Bear Branch is slated to be the next casualty and the effects will be irreversible.
Bottom Line: This is a multi-million dollar greenwashed attempt by the Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works to turn a natural stream into a stormwater runoff system and fulfill the county’s credits for TMDL and MS4 permits. It will not improve the function of the stream as a stream. These so-called “restorations” are not backed by scientists from organizations such as the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Trust (References) and are being fought all across the state (References). Bear Branch is slated to be the next casualty and the effects will be irreversible.
What Can You Do?
What Can You Do?
Sign the petition Shipley's Choice community petition at the next HOA meeting on December 4th
Sign the petition Shipley's Choice community petition at the next HOA meeting on December 4th
Attend the informational Zoom meeting featuring Ken Bawer. Time and date to be announced soon!
Attend the informational Zoom meeting featuring Ken Bawer. Time and date to be announced soon!
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