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  1. Recent Stories

Tagged Stories: "Washington, DC"

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Chesapeake Stewardship Partnership News Restoration Spotlight Travel, Recreation and Culture Watershed Science Wildlife

Trash traps, clean teams, and other solutions for a trash-free Anacostia River

July 19, 2024

Find out how D.C. works towards the Anacostia River’s trash limit

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Plastic bottles emptied onto a blue tarp with people behind it.

Hike leader looks back on one of the longest running LGBTQ outdoor groups in Washington, D.C.

June 28, 2024

Adventuring LGBTQ has been active since the early 1979

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Craig Howell rests his hand on a tree and looks upward.

D.C. environmentalist shares her biggest takeaways from chairing the Stakeholders’ Advisory Committee

April 25, 2024

Thank you to Julie Lawson for three years of incredible leadership!

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Julie stands in front of a group of men wearing suits.

Riverkeepers seek to lift a 50-year-old ban on swimming in D.C. waterways

September 20, 2022

The Potomac Riverkeeper Network has identified multiple sites where they think swimming is safe in the nation's capital

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People jump into a swimmable section of the Anacostia River outside of Washington, D.C.

The Chesapeake Bay Program takes action on climate change

October 1, 2021

Partnership’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, 2021

History 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, 2021

The 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, 2021

The 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, 2020

Virginia 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, 2020

Increasing habitat gives bats a chance to withstand deadly white-nose syndrome

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