In 2020, Gunpowder Valley Conservancy installed two microbioretention practices in Our Lady of Mount Carmel's parking lot to filter 17,000 sq. feet of stormwater runoff. This is just one of many Bay-Wise actions the Essex, MD based parish has taken in partnership with the GVC. Visit gunpowdervalleyconservancy.org/clearcreeks/OMLC to learn more