What the Kingman Island Plan Gets Right—and What It Can Teach the Developers of the RFK Campus Plan
What the Kingman Island Plan Gets Right—and What It Can Teach the Developers of the RFK Campus Plan The District is currently shaping the future of two connected landscapes […]
2025 Anacostia Riverkeeper Priorities
AT our quarterly board meeting in December, our board met to reaffirm our commitments and goals for the coming year. Read below to learn more about our plans for 2025!
Anacostia River Sediment Project
The Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) has just published the 90% Design Report of the Anacostia River Sediment Project (ARSP). The ARSP was launched in 2013 and promises the […]
Recyling Refunds: The Time is Now
The Anacostia River has the dubious distinction of being one of only three bodies of water in the entire United States with a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Trash. […]
First they tackled plastic bags. Now they’re taking aim at bottles.
On a frigid Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Southeast Washington, around 100 volunteers gathered in Pope Branch Park just off Interstate 295 and the Anacostia River. Trash grabbers in […]
CSX Train Derailment and Plastic Pellet Spill
On September 23, 2023, nine cars of a CSX train came off the tracks and spilled millions of tiny plastic pellets in Hyattsville, Maryland in a location that is a […]