Can you image what Spa Creek was like 100 years ago?   

Spa Creek Conservancy President Amy Clements tells about her mom growing up on Spa Creek and what it meant to her family, and why Amy is so passionate about restoring the creek for all residents of Annapolis. 

State of Spa Creek 2020

Professor Tammy Domanski, Ph.D., is scientific director of Operation Clearwater at the Environmental Center at AACC, and provides all of the procedural guidance and scientific analysis of the data collected from water samples taken weekly May - September from Spa Creek. Her presentation below is a summary of the quality of water in Spa Creek based on water sampling done in the summer of 2019. 

For the third summer, a survey of the fish in Spa Creek was taken over a six week period. Using a seine net the fish were gathered, identified, counted and then immediately released to limit the stress placed on the fish. All of the counts were taken at the same spot near the Truxtun Park Boat Ramp.

Here is a quick resource for some of the fish seen:

https://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover/field-guide/all/fish/all

The two super common species seen are Striped Killifish and Mummichogs.  Male Striped Killifish can be confused with Mummichogs because of their vertical bars.  There are a few other less common species that look similar that were seen may also see (Rainwater Killifish, Mosquito Fish, Pupfish, Banded Killifish). White Perch in the picture to the right. 

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