Conservation Cafe: DC Environmental Progress (Virtual)
2026-01-15 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | VA
(DC) (Nature Forward) Join Nature Forward for a timely discussion about DC’s environmental progress and how the lack of statehood and ongoing attacks on Home Rule hurt our local environment and communities. We will hear from a distinguished panel of experts and activists on the unique threats to a greener, more equitable city and how residents can meet this challenge.

Potomac Cleanup for MLK at Anacostia Park
2026-01-17 09:00 - 11:00 | Anacostia Park, 1900 Anacostia Dr, Washington DC, 20020, United States
(DC) (Potomac Conservancy) Join Potomac Conservancy, Friends of Anacostia Park, and Black Girl Environmentalist for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service trash cleanup at Anacostia Park (DC). Make a huge difference for the Potomac River as we turn to the water for a safe, healthy place to recreate outdoors and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. legacy.
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Potomac Cleanup for MLK at Aspen Hill Park
2026-01-17 09:00 - 11:00 | Aspen Hill Local Park, 5013 Baltic Avenue, Rockville, MD, 20853, United States
(MD) (Potomac Conservancy) Join Potomac Conservancy, Rock Creek Conservancy, and Montgomery Parks for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service trash cleanup at Aspen Hill Park. Make a huge difference for the Potomac River as we turn to the water for a safe, healthy place to recreate outdoors and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. legacy.
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Potomac Cleanup for MLK at Jones Point
2026-01-17 09:00 - 11:00 | Anacostia Park, 1900 Anacostia Dr, Washington DC, 20020, United States
(VA) (Potomac Conservancy) Join Potomac Conservancy for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service trash cleanup at Jones Point Park (VA). Make a huge difference for the Potomac River as we turn to the water for a safe, healthy place to recreate outdoors and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. legacy.
Sign up today to make a difference for your hometown river!

Invasive Plants Removal at Potomac Overlook
2026-01-17 09:00 - 11:30 | Potomac Overlook Regional Park, 2845 N. Marcey Road, Arlington, VA, 22207, United States
(VA) (Arlington Regional Master Naturalists) Do you like working outside? Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment from non-native invasive plants and replacing them with native plants. This is a continuing project typically held every Saturday to reclaim Potomac Overlook Regional Park from non-native invasive plants. Be sure to come dressed for work, wear long pants, long sleeves, and perhaps a hat. You may also want to bring along your own water bottle, but bottled water and snacks will be provided. Ages 9 to Adult.

Invasive Plants Removal at Dyke Marsh
2026-01-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Dyke Marsh, Alexandria, VA, 22307, United States
(VA) (Friends of Dyke Marsh) Help protect native plants by pulling and clipping invasive plants. We will train volunteers to identify the five or so target plants. We kindly ask that you not bring pets. Invasive plants can threaten and outcompete native plants. Bring gloves, hand clippers and water. We will supply instructions, examples and trash bags.

MLK Day of Service at Sligo Creek
2026-01-17 10:00 - 15:00 | Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park, Silver Spring, MD, 20901, United States
(MD) (Friends of Sligo Creek) Join in one of the 6 volunteer Park Cleanups or Weed Warrior Workdays celebrating MLK Day! Give back to your community, help beautify our green spaces, keep litter out of our streams, and protect wildlife.

MLK Weed Warrior Workday at Rock Creek Regional
2026-01-17 11:00 - 13:00 | Rock Creek Regional Park, 6700 Needwood Rd, Derwood, MD, 20855, United States
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Save the trees, protect the stream valley ecosystem, and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend of Service. Join Weed Warrior Supervisor Monica for a non-native, invasive plant removal workday. We will focus on non-native, invasive vines and shrubs, including roundleaf bittersweet, porcelainberry, Japanese barberry, and multiflora rose. Please note, the barberry and multiflora rose have thorns!

MLK Day: Invasive Plant Removal at Picnic Grove 1
2026-01-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Rock Creek Picnic Grove #1, 2401 Tilden St NW, Washington, DC, 20008, United States
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service, and Weed Warrior Leader Danna McCormick for this invasive plant removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park. Invasive plants are a major threat to our fragile forests, and stopping their spread helps allow native plants to thrive in the understory.

Seed Cleaning at Earth Sangha
2026-01-18 09:00 - 12:00 | Earth Sangha, 51011 Backlick Rd, Annandale, VA, 22203, United States
(VA) (Earth Sangha) Help Earth Sangha clean and prepare native seeds for spring planting. Seed cleaning will take place every Sunday through the winter.

MLK Day: Invasive Plant Removal at Peirce Mill
2026-01-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Peirce Mill, 2401 Tilden St NW, Washington DC, 20008, United States
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service, and Weed Warrior Leader Danna McCormick and Friends of Pierce Mill for this invasive plant removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park. Invasive plants are a major threat to our fragile forests, and stopping their spread helps allow native plants to thrive in the understory.

MLK Day: Invasive Plant Removal at 630 East
2026-01-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Reservation 630 East, 2801 Quebec Street Northwest, Washington, 20008
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy and Weed Warrior leader Rena Subotnik or this invasive plant removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park. Invasive plants are a major threat to our fragile forests, and stopping their spread helps allow native plants to thrive in the understory. Event location, directions, and information will be sent from the event leader 48 hours prior to the event.

Invasive Plant Removal on Roosevelt Island
2026-01-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington DC, United States
(VA) (Arlington Regional Master Naturalists) ARMN Park Stewards and National Park Service Weed Warriors welcome volunteers to help us restore native habitat and stamp out invasive non-native plants on Theodore Roosevelt Island.
This work is vitally important to protecting the island’s natural areas, including plants that have co-evolved with birds and other local wildlife over thousands of years that are being overwhelmed by fast-growing introduced species that strangle trees and eliminate food sources.

MLK Cleanup at Winding Creek Park
2026-01-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Winding Creek Local Park, Dewey Road, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20906, United States
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Individual and family volunteers can join a cleanup hosted by Montgomery Parks and partner organizations! Volunteers will help remove litter from a park, trail, or stream. Volunteers must stay with the group and follow safety guidelines.

Weed Warrior Workday at Sligo Creek
2026-01-19 09:00 - 11:00 | Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park, Silver Spring, MD, 20901, United States
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Save the trees, celebrate celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, and protect the Sligo Creek watershed. Join Weed Warrior Supervisors Greg and Kathryn for a non-native, invasive plant removal workday in Sligo Creek Stream Valley Unit 4.
We will focus on non-native, invasive vines and shrubs, including porcelainberry (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata), wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei), English ivy (Hedera helix), Japanese barberry (Berberisthunbergii), and bush honeysuckle (mainly Lonicera maackii). Native Virginia creeper and poison ivy are also present and beneficial, so we will avoid those.

MLK Day of Service at Kenilworth
2026-01-19 09:00 - 12:00 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, 1550 Anacostia Ave, NE, Washington DC, 20019, United States
(DC) (Student Conservation Association) SCA is hosting the MLK Day of Service clean-up event at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. Join us for a massive clean-up at one of the most biodiverse natural areas in the nation’s capital.

Volunteer Day at Dumbarton Oaks Park
2026-01-19 09:00 - 13:00 | Dumbarton Oaks Park, Lover's Lane and R Street NW, Washington, DC, 20007, United States
(DC) (Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy) Join the Conservancy for a day of service and stewardship at beautiful Dumbarton Oaks Park.

MLK Day of Service at Pope Branch
2026-01-19 09:30 - 13:00 | Pope Branch Park, 2900 M Place SE, Washington, DC, 20019, United States
(DC) (Anacostia Riverkeeper) Ring in the New Year with Anacostia Riverkeeper at our annual MLK Day of Service cleanup! Rain or Shine. All supplies provided. Wear closed-toe shoes and clothing you can get dirty that will protect you from the brush.

This cleanup is in partnership with Pope Branch Park Restoration Alliance and funded by Washington Gas.

MLK Day: Invasive Plant Removal at Broad Branch
2026-01-19 10:00 - 12:00 | VA
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service, and Rock Creek Weed Warrior Leader Kathy Sykes for this invasive plant removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park. Invasive plants are a major threat to our fragile forests, and stopping their spread helps allow native plants to thrive in the understory. This event is part of an area-wide volunteer-powered effort to help rescue our public parks and green spaces from non-native invasive species. Event location, directions, and information will be sent from the event leader 48 hours prior to the event.

Weed Warrior Workday at Rachel Carson Conservation Park
2026-01-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Rachel Carson Conservation Park, 22201 Zion Road, Olney, MD, 20833, United States
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service while saving the trees and the meadow. Join Montgomery Parks Vegetation Management Staff for a non-native, invasive plant removal workday. We will focus on non-native, invasive vines and shrubs, including porcelainberry, wintercreeper, English ivy, roundleaf bittersweet, winged burning bush, and bush honeysuckle.

Soul Trak's MLK Cleanup at Marvin Gaye
2026-01-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Marvin Gaye Park, 5200 Foote St NE, Washington, DC, 20019, United States
(DC) (Soul Trak) Every quarter, Soul Trak hosts a Service Event dedicated to beautifying our local parks and waterways. We are coming back to Marvin Gaye Park where we have hiked, repaired bikes, and led clean ups before, to revisit the park and help divert trash from entering the Anacostia River. We invite community members to join us!

Trash Cleanup at Dyke Marsh
2026-01-19 12:00 - 14:00 | Dyke Marsh, Alexandria, VA, 22307, United States
(VA) (Friends of Dyke Marsh) Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Potomac Riverkeeper Network and Friends of Dyke Marsh will host a clean-up to address trash pollution in Dyke Marsh. Join us! The clean-up will run along the entire Dyke Marsh boardwalk.

MLK Day of Service at Oxon Run Park
2026-01-19 13:00 - 15:30 | The Well at Oxon Run, 300 Valley Ave, SE, Washington, DC, 20032, United States
(DC) (Casey Trees) Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through a day of service at Oxon Run Park, hosted by Chesapeake Climate Action Network, DC Greens, Friends of Oxon Run, and Casey Trees. As a part of a nationwide effort, the MLK Day of Service is a great opportunity to give back to our communities, from helping out our neighbors to uplifting and restoring our green spaces.

MLK Day of Service at Long Branch
2026-01-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Long Branch Nature Center at Glencarlyn Park, 625 S Carlin Springs Rd, Arlington, VA, 22204, United States
(VA) (Arlington Parks) Make a difference in your community on Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Volunteers are needed to help clear out invasive plants and vines that are keeping our local plants and animals from thriving. Come dressed for the weather, with sturdy footwear, and be prepared to get dirty. Adults.

Ferrets: The Road to Recovery (Virtual)
2026-01-20 19:00 - 20:30 | VA
(MD) (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center) Half a century ago, scientists believed the last black-footed ferrets—the only ferrets native to North America—had gone extinct. Today, their recovery marks one of the most hopeful conservation stories of the 20th and 21st centuries. In a free Smithsonian webinar, discover how this endangered species rebounded with Paul Marinari, a retired biologist with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo who assisted in the ferret’s recovery for much of his career.

Safe Sidewalks, Clean Water: Smart Salting for DMV Residents (Virtual)
2026-01-21 13:00 - 13:30 | VA
(VA) (Northern Virginia Regional Commission) Join the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) and Interstate Commission for the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) to learn how winter salt impacts our environment, why it’s a growing regional concern, and the simple steps you can take at home—before, during, and after storms—to apply just the right amount of salt to maintain safety in the winter. Learn application tips, alternatives to salt, and other ways you can be #wintersaltsmart while protecting the environment.
This event serves as the first of two mini-webinars to learn how you can take action around your community to stay safe and reduce salt impacts to the Potomac and other DC area water sources.

Intergenerational Care for the Land (Virtual)
2026-01-21 19:00 - 20:00 | VA
(US) (Wild Ones) Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, botanist, and founder of Plant Baby Plant, and Esther Bonney, youth organizer and founder of Nurture Natives will draw on their work in education, storytelling, and youth leadership in “Intergenerational Care for Land and Community“ to explore how people of all ages can take part in the native plant movement through shared learning, relationships, and local action.

Amphibian and Reptile Monitoring 2026 Season Kickoff
2026-01-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Rust Library, 380 Old Waterford Rd NW, Leesburg, VA, 20176, United States
(VA) (Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy) Our local amphibians and reptiles are both susceptible to habitat destruction and pollutants and can often be victims of being misunderstood. Join Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy for an introductory look at our local amphibians and reptiles, what our citizens can do to help protect their habitats, and what related programs are available through Loudoun Wildlife to help monitor populations and increase community awareness.

Invasive Plant Removal at Roosevelt Island
2026-01-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington DC, United States
(DC) (National Park Service) Join the National Capital Region Invasive Plant Management Team to remove invasive shrubs and vines to make room for native flora and fauna on the island. We will meet at the Pedestrian Bridge, located on the Virginia side of the island. No skills or prior knowledge are required for these events. Volunteers who sign up will receive an email with further details about the event 48 hours prior to its start.

Community Winter Salt Management (Virtual)
2026-01-23 13:00 - 13:30 | VA
(VA) (Northern Virginia Regional Commission) This session is tailored for HOA and other community association residents, board members, community managers, and maintenance team members. Gain best practices and information for efficient winter salt use, contractor coordination, and strategies to reduce environmental damage while maintaining profitability and setting winter maintenance expectations.
