Patapsco Valley Heritage Area

10/23/2026

Join the Historic Oella Cemetery for their wrap-up cleanup event for the fall!

10/22/2026

Fall Family Day is on Sunday, November 1! Meet us on the Trolley Trail to learn about the Patapsco Valley through family-friendly activities. Discover the macroinvertebrates that live in the stream and find out how to identify them. Create a fall nature project to take home, explore the trail and its history through scavenger hunts, and enjoy a storybook walk provided by Backwater Books!

RSVP at https://ow.ly/fLmT5100ecn

10/20/2026

Take a look at a day of biological monitoring with Patapsco Heritage Greenway. Learn more about our water quality monitoring program at patapsco.org/water-quality-monitoring

Special thanks to Bill Beck for capturing and creating this video!

10/16/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Elkridge Furnace Inn for our Evening in the Patapsco Valley fundraiser last week, and to our featured speaker, Humane Gardener - Nancy Lawson!

During the evening, we were proud to present the 2026 Grace Kubofcik Friend of the Patapsco Award to the Rockburn Land Trust. The award recognizes individuals and organizations for exceptional stewardship, interpretation, and/or preservation of the environment, history, and culture of the Patapsco River Valley.

Rockburn Land Trust is a nonprofit organization that has provided advocacy, protection and preservation of the area’s environmental and historical resources in the northeastern part of Howard County. Formed in 1989, it is one of the oldest land trusts in Maryland. As an all-volunteer organization, there has been a tremendous amount of time, treasure and talent to build the Land Trust and accomplish significant conservation projects for the Patapsco Valley. Congratulations!

Read more about the award and awardees at patapsco.org/stewardship/resources

10/15/2026

Register your cleanup or find a Baltimore County Litter Blitz cleanup near you at baltcolitterblitz-bc-gis.hub.arcgis.com

🚨 IT'S OFFICIALLY HERE! 🚨

Litter Blitz has arrived in Baltimore County! 🗑️🌿
Now's the time to grab your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, or community group and get involved.

Every cleanup makes a difference—and every piece of litter picked up is one less piece left behind.

Ready to join the Blitz? Check out the link in the comments.

10/14/2026

Join us for these upcoming environmental stewardship events across the Patapsco watershed!

RSVP at patapsco.org/events

10/08/2026

Get inspired by these fall photos from our annual photo contest!

The deadline for the 2026 PaSNAPsco contest is less than a month away! Submit your photos of the Patapsco Valley by November 1 at patapsco.org/attraction/pasnapsco

Photo 1: “Fall Leaves at Rockburn Branch Park” taken by Caitlin Roe, Honorable Mention, 2022

Photo 2: “A Hidden Stream” taken by Emily Carter Mitchell, People’s Choice Winner, 2019

Photo 3: “Autumn Overlook” taken by Dawn Smyers, Best of Patapsco Winner, 2024.

Photo 4: “Fall Colors along the North Fork of Patapsco River” taken by William Beck, People’s Choice Winner, 2023

Photo 5: “Falling Leaves” taken by Geoff Lawrence, Honorable Mention, 2018

10/05/2026

Our Annual Report for fiscal year 2026 is now available online!

View the report at https://ow.ly/y9rj50ZUv1I