Carl R. Gold has practiced law in Maryland since graduating from Duke University Law School in 1981, where he also played basketball (intramural). An adjunct faculty member at Towson University since 2000, Carl is  a Maryland Master Naturalist and a Baltimore City Forestry Board certified Tree Keeper and Weed Warrior. He lives 500 yards from the water’s edge of Loch Raven Reservoir and enjoys kayaking, hiking, trash and invasive plant removal there. He is a GVC Stream Captain, and a Trail Guide at Cromwell Valley Park and Marshy Point.