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Eels in the Jones Falls

Photo: American Eel in the shallows of the Jones Falls, near North Avenue (credit: Alice Volpita and Chris Bellmyer, Blue Water Baltimore)   Eels in the Jones Falls The picture above taken by Blue Water Baltimore staff Alice Volpita and … Continue reading

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Independence Local stream studies: a wealth of information

Students from Independence Local looking for invertebrates in the Jones Falls (5-22-15) Toadpoles! Actually the tadpole larval stages of toads in the fringes of the Jones Falls (photo – Chris Bellmeyer) Looking down from the bridge at a fish nest … Continue reading

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6th annual Jones Falls Cleanup at UB Community Service Day: Trash-o-Rama

Part of the 2015 Jones Falls cleanup crew, with some of the large bags of garbage collected One of our small piles of trash, along with a discarded dorm refrigerator On Friday April 24th, UB held its annual community service … Continue reading

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Stream Walk #1 at Mill #1 with students from ACCE

Electrofishing with ACCE students at Mill #1 A northern hogsucker fish collected at Mill #1 A rusty crayfish from Mill #1 – note the Asiatic clam clamped onto its walking leg! On Wednesday, April 1st at the Mill #1 complex … Continue reading

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Road salt and the Jones Falls

The salt depot in an old roundhouse, just north of the Streetcar Museum off of Falls Road and across the street from the Jones Falls(Eric Schott) Very large piles of salt as seen off of I- 895 (Eric Schott) In … Continue reading

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The Jones Falls in the dead of winter

After several weeks of weather that begs the question, “Is there any air left in the Arctic?”, I decided to head down to the Falls this morning and see how the Jones Falls was faring. Sure enough, the Jones Falls … Continue reading

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Welcome to the Jones Falls Mill Corridor Blog!

First off, I’d like to thank you for stopping in! As this is my first post to this new blog I feel I should explain a bit about its purpose and what will be explored in future posts. The Jones … Continue reading

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