Invasive Removal at Reservation 630 East

Reservation 630 East 2801 Quebec Street Northwest, Washington

(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 ...

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Potomac Riverkeeper Annual Meeting

Potomac Boat Club 3530 Water Street NW, Washington, DC, United States

(DC) (Potomac Riverkeeper) Join Potomac Riverkeeper, Dean Naujoks, and your fellow PRKN members for an evening of celebration, discussing our work in 2024 and our plans for 2025! Additionally, we will be recognizing two exemplary volunteers from 2024, one from our Water Quality Monitoring Program, and one from our Trash Free Campaign. We hope you will join us in highlighting ...

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Volunteer at the ARC Farm

THEARC Farm Washington, DC, United States

(DC) (THEARC Farm) Want time in a peaceful, outdoor space? Are you hoping to learn more about gardening? Would you like to help grow food for the neighbors? Join us! We'll be harvesting vegetables, fruits and herbs for our food giveaway in the afternoon. Adults of all skill levels are welcome. Kids under 16 should be accompanied by an adult. ...

Habitat Restoration Workday at Kingman

Langston Golf Course 2600 Benning Rd NE, Washington, DC

(DC) (Anacostia Watershed Society) Join the Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) and National Links Trust (NLT) for a Habitat Restoration Workday! During this workday you will help AWS with our invasive plant control and revegetation efforts along the riverside area of Kingman Island at Langston Golf Course. This is part of a natural resources management plan for the golf course in ...

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Invasive Plant Removal at Reservation 630 West

Reservation 630 West 3031 Sedgwick Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

(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 native plants to thrive in the understory. Event location, directions, and information will be sent from the event leader 48 ...

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Volunteer Tree Care at Hyattsville Duck Pond

Hyattsville Duck Pond 3400 Stanford Street, Hyattsville, MD, United States

(MD) (Casey Trees) Join us as we care for young trees at Hyattsville Duck Pond! 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. Also, learn more about tree maintenance and pruning. We provide all the necessary tools and supplies to care for ...

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Invasive Species Removal at Theodore Roosevelt Island

Theodore Roosevelt Island Washington DC, United States

(DC) (Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail) We will be improving the trail near Trollheim Bridge/Theodore Roosevelt Island. This may include: Using pruners and loppers to cut vegetation Using hand saws to cut tree branches Sweeping or using a leaf blower Hauling away vegetation Picking up trash The work area is on the Mount Vernon Trail north of the wooden ...

Garden Workday at Eastern Senior High School!

Eastern Senior High School 1700 East Capitol St NE, Washington DC, United States

(DC) (City Blossoms) Join City Blossoms in the Eastern garden! Tasks for this workday will include garden maintenance activities such as washing pots, weeding, and spreading soil and pathway mulch. Eastern is home to half our year-round, garden-based Youth Entrepreneurship Cooperative program. At the core of the program is a youth-led business called Mighty Greens. Through this business, Youth Staff ...

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Kayak Clean-Up at Four Mile Run

Conservatory Center at Four Mile Run Park 4109 Mt Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA, United States

(VA) (Four Mile Run Conservatory) Join us in collecting litter along the streambank of Four Mile Run, during our fall kayak clean-up events. Registration opens 2-3 weeks before each event.

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Invasive Plant Removal at Broad Branch

(DC) (Rock Creek Park) Join Rock Creek Conservancy, the National Park Service, and 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. Event location, directions, and information will be sent ...

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Weed Warrior Workday at Long Branch

Long Branch Community Recreation Center 8700 Piney Branch Road, Silver Spring

(MD) (Montgomery Parks) Join James, Weed Warrior Supervisor, for a non-native, invasive plant removal workday in Long Branch Stream Valley Unit 1 (between Piney Branch Rd and Carroll Ave), in Takoma Park, MD. We will be focusing on non-native, invasive vines, especially porcelainberry (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata). Native Virginia creeper and poison ivy are also present and beneficial, so we ...

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Stream Team Leader Training (Virtual)

(DC) (MD) (Rock Creek Conservancy) Please join Rock Creek Conservancy for a virtual training for our Stream Team Leader program. Stream Team Leaders are dedicated volunteers that work with the Conservancy to host their own trash cleanups and stormwater engagement events, increasing stewardship actions within their communities and throughout Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, MD. The training will take place ...

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