(DC) (Casey Trees) Join us as we care for young trees at Capital Area Food Bank! Your help with weeding, mulching and watering these vulnerable trees will give them a leg up in becoming an important part of our growing tree canopy. Participants will receive a short, hands-on training on site. After learning the tools and techniques, participants will split ...
(DC) (Anacostia Riverkeeper) Join us for a volunteer trash cleanup at Kenilworth Park! This is a free event. Rain or Shine. All supplies provided. Wear closed-toe shoes and clothing that can get dirty and protect you from the brush. 9:15 AM Registration Begins 9:30 AM Welcome and safety talk 9:45 - 11:15 AM Cleanup 11:15 AM - 12:00
(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service, and Weed Warrior Leader Rena Subotnik 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 for a thriving native understory. Event location, directions, and information will be sent from the ...
(DC) (Ward 8 Woods) Give back to the earth, exercise your body, spend time in nature and meet cool people with the Ward 8 Woods Conservancy. Known as a busy commuter route between central Washington to its eastern suburbs, the Suitland Parkway is also a nature preserve, flanked on each side by over 300 acres of forested hillside. Sadly, the ...
(MD) (Potomac Conservancy) Join Potomac Conservancy and the National Park Service for a safe, fun, 50 person trash cleanup at Fort Washington/Fort Foote Park (MD). Make a huge difference for the Potomac River as we turn to the water for a safe, healthy place to recreate outdoors.
(VA) (Potomac Conservancy) oin Potomac Conservancy and the National Park Service for a safe, fun, 50-person 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.
(DC) (Potomac Conservancy) Join Potomac Conservancy, Anacostia River Keeper, and the National Park Service for a safe, fun, 50 person trash cleanup at Anacostia Park. Make a huge difference for the Potomac River as we turn to the water for a safe, healthy place to recreate outdoors. We’ll be joined by Anacostia Riverkeeper for a brief water quality demo! Learn ...
(VA) (Arlington Parks) Want to restore habitat and increase species diversity right here in Arlington? Work parties are held every month. We are making a real difference, with the return of ferns and wildflowers, and the animals that depend on them, in areas once covered in destructive invasive plants. Adults, teens and families ages 8 and up.
(DC) (Rock Creek Park) Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service 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 for a thriving native understory. Event location, directions, and information will be sent from the event leader 48 hours before ...
(MD) (Anacostia Riverkeeper) Join us for a trash cleanup at Wheaton Branch Stormwater Management Pond in partnership with Friends of Sligo Creek, Neighbors of the NW Branch, & One Montgomery Green. This is a free event. Rain or Shine. All supplies provided. Wear closed-toe shoes and clothing that can get dirty.
(DC) (Ward 8 Woods) Join Ward 8 Woods every second Saturday of the month to restore Shepherd Parkway by removing trash and invasive vines that are smothering the trees. Since 2011, over 2,000 volunteers have removed over 200 tons of trash from the woods and cut invasive vines from over 500 trees, but much work remains to be done. Give back ...
(DC) (Anacostia Watershed Society) Volunteers will help AWS with a Mussel Restoration Workday at Kingman and Heritage Islands Park! On this workday we will focus on bottom cage maintenance, which could involve cleaning accumulated mud out of the cages and making cage repairs.
