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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

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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

Photos: Nature’s icy holiday ornaments

January 6, 2023 by FHC 5 Comments

by Marlene Berlin Some of our neighbors go all out when decorating for Christmas. But the most spectacular decorations I saw over the holidays were completely natural. After celebrating the […]

Filed Under: Around the Neighborhood, Broad Branch, Featured, Featured Photos, News, Parks and Streams, Rock Creek Park, Style

The Rock Creek Nature Center’s planetarium is reopening after a years-long closure

January 3, 2023 by FHC Leave a Comment

When the Rock Creek Nature Center reopened in May 2022 after a two-year pandemic-related closure, its planetarium remained closed. But that had nothing to do with Covid-19. The only planetarium […]

Filed Under: Featured, Kids & Pets, News, Rock Creek Nature Center, Rock Creek Park

A quarter-century ago, a letter to the Post launched efforts to restore the 200-year-old Peirce Mill

December 21, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Steve Dryden Reading a letter in The Washington Post about Peirce Mill led to a new chapter in my life that I could have hardly predicted. As a native […]

Filed Under: Featured, History, News, Peirce Mill, Rock Creek Park

Rock Creek Park deer hunt under way for tenth season

November 30, 2022 by FHC 2 Comments

If your travels take you through Rock Creek Park after dark, you might encounter road closures from now until the end of March. That’s because the park’s annual “deer management” […]

Filed Under: Featured, Melvin Hazen Park, News, Parks and Streams, Rock Creek Park, Soapstone Valley, Sustainability

Rock Creek NPS U-turn on Beach Drive use means northern segments will remain closed to cars

November 3, 2022 by FHC 2 Comments

Sections of upper Beach Drive that have been closed to motor vehicles since April 2020 will remain that way. The National Park Service says the Rock Creek Park road segments […]

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

Neighborhood August to-do list: Learn about trees, frogs and the moon, and picnic like a Hillwood heiress

August 5, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

Rock Creek Conservancy’s 2022 summer fellows put their own spin on the organization’s community engagement efforts in July, organizing a spoken word performance and a “full moon gathering.” They’re not […]

Filed Under: Around the Neighborhood, Broad Branch, Hillwood Museum, Local Attractions, News, Peirce Mill, Rock Creek Park, Things To Do, Volunteer in Our Parks

Backyard Nature: Water striders chat, caterpillars attack, and bullfrogs duel

August 1, 2022 by FHC 3 Comments

by Marlene Berlin In Rock Creek Park and along its tributaries, you can see some fascinating critter behavior if you keep your eyes searching – and your curiosity on high […]

Filed Under: Backyard Nature, Local Wildlife, News, Rock Creek Park

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