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Invasive vines strangle trees. But in Linnean Park, someone has cut native vines that do no harm.

March 13, 2023 by FHC 2 Comments

One or more individuals cut down multiple mature native grape vines in Linnean Park, perhaps with the intention of protecting the trees the vines inhabited. These vines, in fact, are […]

Filed Under: Featured, Linnean Park, News, Parks and Streams

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March in the Neighborhood: Soapstone sewer project meeting; Make Connecticut Ave. bloom; Welcome spring with dance

March 6, 2023 by FHC 2 Comments

Soapstone Park closed one year ago for a project that includes stream restoration, and restoring and protecting the sewer infrastructure in and adjacent to the valley. A new phase is […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Rock Creek Park, Soapstone Valley, Sustainability, Things To Do, Volunteer in Our Parks

DC Water sets March 13 for Soapstone sewer relining work

February 27, 2023 by FHC 4 Comments

Updated below with details of a virtual public meeting on Thursday, March 9th, about the commencement of the relining work. by Mitchell Baer ANC 3F03 commissioner At the February 21st […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Parks and Streams, Soapstone Valley

In memory: Bill Sittig, a community streets, parks and streams activist

February 24, 2023 by FHC 7 Comments

by Marlene Berlin William J. Sittig, a longtime and active member of the Van Ness/Forest Hills community, died on February 10th. He was 80 years old. I knew him as […]

Filed Under: Featured, Meet the Neighbors, News, Parks and Streams

Linnean Park now has signs, because a park volunteer and advocate “thought it was time”

February 23, 2023 by FHC 4 Comments

by John Burwell When I and some like-minded neighbors adopted Linnean Park last summer, our goals went beyond improving the park for health of flora, fauna and enjoyment by visitors. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Forest Hills, Linnean Park, News, Parks and Streams

If these walls could talk: Peirce Mill launches ‘Mill Stories’ blog, and seeks volunteers to assist visitors

February 15, 2023 by FHC Leave a Comment

We didn’t include Peirce Mill in our roundup of February happenings around the neighborhood, as winter at the Rock Creek Park historical site is usually downtime. At least, from the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Forest Hills, News, Peirce Mill, Rock Creek Park, Things To Do

Opinion: Rock Creek E. coli levels are dangerously high. Where are the public health warnings?

February 9, 2023 by FHC 12 Comments

by Marlene Berlin One day in late January, I went for a hike in Rock Creek Park. I emerged alarmed by what I had learned there about E. coli levels […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Opinion, Parks and Streams, Rock Creek Park

How DC’s oldest Boy Scout troop built a new bridge in Linnean Park

January 27, 2023 by FHC 3 Comments

by John Burwell One weekend in early January, William Wales, a junior at Jackson-Reed High School, led Boy Scout Troop 100 in building and installing a boardwalk bridge over a […]

Filed Under: Around the Neighborhood, Featured, News, Parks and Streams, Volunteer in Our Parks

DC Water to begin Soapstone sewer relining by the end of January

January 11, 2023 by FHC 2 Comments

by Marlene Berlin The Soapstone sewer rehabilitation project has an air quality monitoring plan and permit that will allow DC Water’s contractor to proceed with the pipe relining phase of […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F, Featured, Forest Hills, News, Parks and Streams, Soapstone Valley

Local MLK weekend service events include Rock Creek Park cleanups

January 10, 2023 by FHC Leave a Comment

As they have done for the past 12 years, volunteers will spend the Martin Luther King holiday weekend sprucing up Rock Creek Park and its tributaries. Rock Creek Conservancy and […]

Filed Under: News, Parks and Streams, Sustainability, Volunteer in Our Parks

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