by Marlene Berlin It is time to visit Broad Branch Stream to see the tadpoles. When they are young, it is difficult to identify their species. Two species I have […]
Broad Branch daylighting tour guided us through a buried stream’s recovery (the toad serenade was a nice touch, too)
by Marlene Berlin It took a few years of planning and several months of work to return a long-buried stream to the surface. On an April 7th tour of the […]
On April 7, tour a stream that flowed in the dark for decades
Decades ago, for reasons unknown, someone decided to confine a section of Broad Branch Stream to an underground pipe. When the stream saw daylight again in 2014, the restoration team […]
New life at our new Broad Branch stream
by Marlene Berlin In the thick of the DC Department of the Environment’s work last year to restore the Broad Branch and Linnean streams, an adventurous mallard pair made the […]
Photos: More work on Linnean and Broad Branch streams project
by Marlene Berlin The restoration work on the Linnean and Broad Branch streams is complete but for a few finishing touches. Some of that work happened last weekend. After finding […]
Photos: Broad Branch and Linnean streams grand opening
by Marlene Berlin Mayor Vincent Gray presided over the official opening of the reconstructed Linnean Stream and the “daylighted” Broad Branch Stream last Saturday, October 18th. Nature also put on […]
Broad Branch Road Rehab: What Do You Think?
by Marlene Berlin [Update: Click here to see the results of the survey.] Should Broad Branch Road be more welcoming to pedestrians and cyclists? Or should it be left pretty […]