Ed Merrifield

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  Published on: 10/25/2009    Last Visited: 10/25/2009  

  Ed Merrifield, executive director of the environmental group called Potomac Riverkeeper, believes the whole issue of fish abnormalities comes down to water quality. In a recent phone conversation, Merrifield highlighted the need to increase our water quality standards. "The health of our rivers and streams needs to be everyone's concern É there are chemicals in our drinking water in small amounts and we can no longer say the solution is dilution," said Merrifield.
  
  He also pointed out that, currently, the water in the Potomac meets or exceeds all EPA requirements.

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  Ed Merrifield, Executive Director
  
  1717 Mass Avenue NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 202-222-0707

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  Published on: 10/12/2007    Last Visited: 10/12/2007  

  Ed Merrifield - Potomac Riverkeeper

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  Published on: 6/5/2008    Last Visited: 6/7/2008  

  Ed Merrifield, a former chiropractor, serves as both the riverkeeper and executive director of Potomac Riverkeeper Inc.
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  "Waterkeeper Alliance is sort of our resource organization," said Merrifield.
  
  Waterkeeper Alliance approves new waterkeeper programs, licenses the use of the waterkeeper names, represents the individual waterkeepers on issues of national interest and serves as a meeting place for all the waterkeepers to exchange information, strategies and know-how.
  
  "We're all independent organizations," said Merrifield.
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  In 2003, Merrifield joined the organization as the riverkeeper and executive director.Merrifield was a chiropractor for 20 years, until 1997, after which he became involved with environmental groups such as the Sierra Club.
  
  When the Potomac Riverkeeper Inc. began looking for its first riverkeeper, Merrifield applied for the position.
  
  "It made a lot of sense to me to get the water cleaned up," said Merrifield, who added, "Nobody does what we do, the way we do it.
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  "We focus on pollution issues," said Merrifield.

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  Published on: 5/21/2009    Last Visited: 7/6/2009  

  Contact: Ed Merrifield Potomac Riverkeeper Phone: 301-POTOMAC (768-6622) Fax: 202-783-0444
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  Ed Merrifield, the Potomac Riverkeeper, says the settlement proves that ordinary citizens-and groups like Potomac Riverkeeper that represent them-can take a stand and improve their local water quality.
  
  "These types of improvements don't just happen" Merrifield said.
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  "Polluted runoff is one of the biggest threats to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay," Merrifield added.

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  Published on: 6/12/2006    Last Visited: 2/21/2008  

  "There should be no overflows," said Ed Merrifield, director of the Potomac Riverkeeper organization.

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  Published on: 4/16/2009    Last Visited: 7/6/2009  

  Contact: Ed Merrifield Potomac Riverkeeper Phone: 301-POTOMAC (768-6622) Fax: 202-783-0444
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  Ed Merrifield, the Potomac Riverkeeper, says having Hedrick at the discussion is a great way to announce a brand new coalition.
  
  "The film does a great service to the Potomac River" Ed added.

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  "The Zekiah Swamp has been described by the Smithsonian Institute as one of the most important ecological areas on the East Coast, and yet no one is protecting it" said Ed Merrifield, the Potomac Riverkeeper.
  
  Within weeks, Maryland's Attorney General took action. He filed a complaint against Mirant and sought civil penalties of up to 126 million dollars as well as injunctive relief.

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  Published on: 12/5/2008    Last Visited: 12/11/2008  

  Ed Merrifield, an activist with the Potomac Riverkeeper, said he wanted one thing from the Great Seneca Creek audit: "In the long run, a cleaner Great Seneca Creek."
  
  The Great Seneca, the smallest of the waterways audited this year, has much of its watershed protected by Seneca Creek State Park.
  
  "There's a lot of little things that need to be taken care of" on the creek, Merrifield said. Not long ago, the creek was polluted from lead shot from a gun club that leased parkland. The creek needs follow-up monitoring, he said.

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  Published on: 7/9/2009    Last Visited: 7/11/2009  

  WAYNESBORO, Pa. - "If we can stop erosion, the rest of this," Ed Merrifield said gesturing to his lengthy PowerPoint presentation on sediment control, "is irrelevant."
  
  Rivers, streams and creeks in the Chesapeake Bay watershed suffer from sediment pollution that, due to soil erosion and runoff, is compromising water quality, said Merrifield, executive director of Potomac Riverkeeper Inc.
  
  Addressing the Antietam Watershed Association (AWA) on Wednesday, Merrifield encouraged the 20 people present to do their part to stop excessive sediment pollution.
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  Merrifield, who works mostly in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia, talked about the Potomac Riverkeeper's new grassroots campaign against pollution, "Get the DIRT Out," which is expanding into Pennsylvania.
  
  "The number one pollutant of our water is sediment," he said.
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  Collectively the AWA, being a 501(c)3 nonprofit, cannot take action to help Merrifield and the Potomac Riverkeeper cause, but individually, each of the 20 people at the meeting could choose to volunteer, Bricker said.

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