Agency Details:

Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, Inc.

The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy (GVC) is a nonprofit local environmental organization chartered in the State of Maryland in 1989. The activities of the GVC are conducted through committees of volunteers working in cooperation with local, state and national programs of government agencies, foundations and other conservation organizations.

Description:
The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy performs several important missions within the Gunpowder watershed. It acts as a local land trust for those property owners wishing to place their land or portions of their land within a land trust, conservation or preservation easement. The GVC also acts to protect and restore the natural resources to be found within the watershed. Its Streams Committee has been involved in the restoration of stream buffers, the creation and restoration of wetlands, and general reforestation activities. It also sponsors and helps lead the annual cleanup of the Loch Raven reservoir watershed area.

History:
The GVC has been chartered in the State of Maryland since 1989 and presently manages over 1,300 acres of land in conservation easements. Over four thousand volunteers have helped the GVC to plant 18,000 trees on 85 acres in the last 12 years. GVC has planted in State parks, reservoir buffers, stream buffers and conservation easements. The GVC has partnered with elementary, middle, high school and college students from throughout the Gunpowder Watershed. It regularly collaborates with County and State agencies in the performance of its environmental activities.

Contact people:

Peggy Perry, Program Director, (phone), (email) Karen Stupski, (phone), (email) Charlie Conklin, President, (phone), (email)

Address:

P.O. Box 9733 Towson, MD 21284

Web Site: http://www.gunpowderfalls.org

Miscellaneous Information

Does this agency accept court appointed volunteers?
	Yes

Last updated on August 20, 2009