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:
- 30Aug
Citizen Water Monitoring in MD: New NFWF Grant
Anacostia Riverkeeper has been awarded $45,927 by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), with support from the U.S. Environmental...
- 30Aug
E. coli limits for major D.C. rivers illegal, court rules
“EPA’s pollution limits for Anacostia, Potomac and Rock Creek are too high” Anacostia Riverkeeper, along with the Kingman Park C...
- 13Aug
FOX5 DC: Effort to improve DC rivers
August 5th: Crews are working to improve the rivers in D.C. – including the Anacostia River....
- 12Aug
Rock Creek is Washington’s Dirtiest Waterway. New Testing Might Help Nurse It Back to Health
Check out the Washington Post’s piece covering our volunteer monitoring and efforts in place to help clean up other DC Waters!...
- 31Jul
Unlike D.C.’s Rivers, Rock Creek Is Nowhere Near Swimmable (DCist)
Unlike D.C.’s Rivers, Rock Creek Is Nowhere Near Swimmable...
- 31Jul
Swimming With The Fishes (And The Gunk?) In Our Local Rivers (The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU 88.5)
Swimming With The Fishes (And The Gunk?) In Our Local Rivers...
- 15Jul
Heavy pollution after record rains (WAMU Article)
Anacostia, Potomac And Rock Creek Heavily Polluted After Record Rains...
- 08Jul
Combined Sewage Overflow Example During Heavy 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...
- 25Jun
Anacostia River Healthier Thanks To 10 Years Of The District’s Milestone Bag Fee
Sponsored: Anacostia River Healthier Thanks To 10 Years Of The District’s Milestone Bag Fee...
- 10Jun
Single-Use River: Microplastics in the Anacostia River
In May of 2019 Anacostia Riverkeeper staff, in coordination with other Waterkeepers around the world, collected four water samples from sele...
- 07Feb
There’s talk of a building a wall around Navy Yard to combat rising sea level
Check out this Bloomberg article “The Navy Wants to Build a Wall to Stave Off Climate Change”. This wall could make flooding wor...
- 12Oct
How DC Stopped 3.6 BILLION gallons of pollution with a new tunnel
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...
- 20Sep
Anacostia Riverkeeper submits comments on the Maryland industrial stormwater general permit
Our comments were submitted jointly with the Environmental Integrity Project, Center for Progressive Reform, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, Blue W...
May 3, 2016
Interview with Trey Sherard ( Anacostia Riverkeeper Organization)
”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
Boat Tours Explore Anacostia
“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
On Anacostia, some don’t catch tainted-fish warning
Washington Post
November 16, 2012
Thousands eat Anacostia fish despite health risks, warnings
WTOP
December 2, 2012
Thousands could be eating contaminated Anacostia fish
Southern Maryland Online
July 12, 2012
Fishing the Forgotten River in the Nation’s Capital
National Geographic Online
June 5, 2012
Do Plastic Bags Help the Environment?
February 2, 2009
Unfinished Business: The Environment 40 Years After Earth Day
Washington Post
February 2, 2009
DC Bag Tax Takes Effect January 1
Fox 5 Channel News – December 29, 2009
December 24, 2009
Byproducts of Urban Life Smother Chesapeake Bay
NPR’s “All Things Considered,”
July 9, 2009
Our Region’s Riverkeepers
The Kojo Nnamdi Show