One day over Martin Luther King weekend, a few expert Weed Warriors and a large number of less-experienced volunteers gathered in the wooded area behind the Politics and Prose parking […]
Backyard Nature: Where do the frogs go when it’s cold? (Correction)
Alex Sanders, as program manager of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, spends a lot of time in parks and on local trails. And he is so tuned into frog calls, […]
Backyard Nature: What a difference some rain makes!
by Marlene Berlin Until a few days ago, the reengineered and daylighted Linnean and Broad Branch streams were a sorry sight. As the days went by with little to no […]
Meet Your Neighbors: Thanks to this Weed Warrior, invasive plants don’t stand a chance
by Marlene Berlin John Burwell has appeared on our pages several times over the past three years for his work as a volunteer caregiver of our daylighted and restored streams, […]
Broad Branch Stream has new signs to help visitors find their way, and learn about native plants
The neighbor who made Linnean Park’s first-ever interpretive signs has also created one for the nearby Broad Branch tributary of Rock Creek. John Burwell’s latest sign, on Linnean Avenue near […]
Backyard Nature: Ponds are a popular waterfront hangout, if you’re a green tree frog
Two fun facts about green tree frogs: They are not always green. And they are not always in trees. The frogs are now in full chorus at the Linnean stream, […]
Backyard Nature: Cottontails and cottonwood; dry spring means fewer tadpoles
by Marlene Berlin It is time to talk rabbits again. Every few years, the rabbits (and reports we get of rabbit sightings) are more numerous. And, as if they feel […]
Invasive vines strangle trees. But in Linnean Park, someone has cut native vines that do no harm.
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 […]
Linnean Park now has signs, because a park volunteer and advocate “thought it was time”
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. […]
‘Linnean Playground’ Stream To Be Restored
by Suzanne Wald District Department of the Environment This summer, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the District of Columbia are restoring a perennial stream in Linnean Playground […]