Tagged Stories: "Washington, DC"
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Trash traps, clean teams, and other solutions for a trash-free Anacostia River
July 19, 2024Find out how D.C. works towards the Anacostia River’s trash limit
Read story![Plastic bottles emptied onto a blue tarp with people behind it.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_900x600_crop_center-center_none/jul_17_24_1800-01-9E3A4575.jpg)
Hike leader looks back on one of the longest running LGBTQ outdoor groups in Washington, D.C.
June 28, 2024Adventuring LGBTQ has been active since the early 1979
Read story![Craig Howell rests his hand on a tree and looks upward.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jun_26_24_1800-02-9E3A4280.jpg)
D.C. environmentalist shares her biggest takeaways from chairing the Stakeholders’ Advisory Committee
April 25, 2024Thank you to Julie Lawson for three years of incredible leadership!
![Julie stands in front of a group of men wearing suits.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/apr_25_24_1800-01-9E3A1032.jpg)
Riverkeepers seek to lift a 50-year-old ban on swimming in D.C. waterways
September 20, 2022The Potomac Riverkeeper Network has identified multiple sites where they think swimming is safe in the nation's capital
Read story![People jump into a swimmable section of the Anacostia River outside of Washington, D.C.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/sep_20_22_1000-01.jpg)
The Chesapeake Bay Program takes action on climate change
October 1, 2021Partnership’s Executive Council sees climate impacts first-hand at annual meeting
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Black history lives on in a mountain region just outside Washington D.C.
August 19, 2021History interpreter gives a tour of the Bull Run Mountains
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As an Anacostia tributary is restored, D.C. residents reap the benefits
July 8, 2021The transformation of Marvin Gaye Park is linked to that of Watts Branch
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Cities across the region looked for wildlife. Here's what they found.
May 13, 2021The City Nature Challenge uses community science to highlight urban species.
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The Chesapeake Executive Council tackles the issues of 2020 in a virtual way
August 18, 2020Virginia Governor Ralph Northam takes over as chair as Council adopts DEIJ statement
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Big appreciation for the little brown bat
January 30, 2020Increasing habitat gives bats a chance to withstand deadly white-nose syndrome
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