Thanks to the sweat and muscle of more than two dozen volunteers, the Soapstone Valley trail is safer and more stable, and the stream itself is in better shape. Last […]
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 […]
Where (and how) the stormwater flows into Soapstone
by David Jonas Bardin Have you ever wondered which storm sewers drain into Soapstone Creek – and where from? This District Department of the Environment (DDOE) map shows five areas […]
How Forest Hills Playground Came To Be
The Forest Hills Playground, currently closed for renovation, opened to neighborhood children almost 60 years ago. But the effort to create this play space began many years before that. Ann […]
Mushrooms Amongst Drips In Melvin Hazen
Many thanks to Jon Ellifritz and Connie Durnan of the Mycological Association of Washington (MAW) for leading Marlene Berlin and Pat Davies on a rather wet mushroom walk on Saturday, […]
‘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 […]
How Our Playground Was Born
by Ann Kessler (Part 2 of 2; see the first post, about Mrs. Wright’s efforts to build and improve our neighborhood schools here.) Establishing a playground and providing recreational facilities […]
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 […]