Anacostia Riverkeeper works to shed light on the pollution in the Anacostia Watershed and efforts to clean it up. Check out Anacostia Riverkeeper in the news:
Anacostia Riverkeeper has been awarded $45,927 by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), with support from the U.S. Environmental...
“EPA’s pollution limits for Anacostia, Potomac and Rock Creek are too high” Anacostia Riverkeeper, along with the Kingman Park C...
August 5th: Crews are working to improve the rivers in D.C. – including the Anacostia River....
Check out the Washington Post’s piece covering our volunteer monitoring and efforts in place to help clean up other DC Waters!...
Unlike D.C.’s Rivers, Rock Creek Is Nowhere Near Swimmable...
Swimming With The Fishes (And The Gunk?) In Our Local Rivers...
Anacostia, Potomac And Rock Creek Heavily Polluted After Record Rains...
Today the DC area was hit by around 3.4″ of rain within one hour, causing widespread flooding and inundation of many of the areas road...
Sponsored: Anacostia River Healthier Thanks To 10 Years Of The District’s Milestone Bag Fee...
In May of 2019 Anacostia Riverkeeper staff, in coordination with other Waterkeepers around the world, collected four water samples from sele...
Check out this Bloomberg article “The Navy Wants to Build a Wall to Stave Off Climate Change”. This wall could make flooding wor...
How DC Stopped 3.6 BILLION gallons of pollution with a new tunnel The DC Clean Rivers Project shows how to stop 3.6 BILLION GALLONS of sewag...
Our comments were submitted jointly with the Environmental Integrity Project, Center for Progressive Reform, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, Blue W...
Anacostia Riverkeeper with Prince George’s County Department of Environment, Chesapeake Bay Trust, and Stormwater Systems partner to i...
May 3, 2016
”Right now, the Anacostia River is still very polluted, facing 5 big challenges: sediment, trash, toxic chemicals, sewage, and stormwater. However, almost all these challenges not only have plans in place now, but action on the ground towards accomplishing those plans.”- D.C. Water pollution Cleanup
March 24, 2016
“The Anacostia may not be the first river that you think of when you think of Washington, D.C. But the District’s other river offers abundant wetlands, improving wildlife habitats, rich history — and now you can see that for yourself on new boat tours.”- NBC Washington
December 17, 2012
Washington Post
November 16, 2012
WTOP
December 2, 2012
Southern Maryland Online
July 12, 2012
National Geographic Online
June 5, 2012
February 2, 2009
Washington Post
February 2, 2009
Fox 5 Channel News – December 29, 2009
December 24, 2009
NPR’s “All Things Considered,”
The Kojo Nnamdi Show