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by Marlene Berlin If you’ve come across volunteers working on the Soapstone Valley Trail in the past year, you’ve run into JoAnn Shaner’s crew. Shaner has been the Soapstone Trail supervisor for the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club since mid-2018. (PATC maintains many of our trails and is currently rebuilding a footbridge on the Melvin Hazen […]
by Marlene Berlin The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club is rebuilding the footbridge on the Melvin Hazen Trail west of Connecticut Avenue. The old footbridge, or what was left of it, was near the entrance to the trail near the parking lot behind Sedgwick Gardens (3726 Connecticut Avenue, map). The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club received a […]
by Marlene Berlin Putting out an SOS for Broad Branch and Linnean Streams. These two streams in our neighborhood, which have developed into a frog haven, a peaceful place to walk your dog, and a place to find and hear birds and insects, need a group of friends to take care of it. One way […]
Led by Rock Creek Conservancy, a small army of volunteers cleans up the trash that collects in Rock Creek and its tributary parks. The Conservancy is now marshaling its forces for the year’s biggest cleanup event: The 11th Extreme Cleanup on Saturday, April 13. “Last year, more than 2,000 volunteers attended the Extreme Cleanup. Those […]
Volunteer events aren’t allowed in Rock Creek Park during the government shutdown. The MLK Day cleanups at National Park Service sites are now meeting in nearby neighborhoods to pick up trash that otherwise would be washed or blown into the Rock Creek watershed. The links below have been updated with the new information. Martin Luther […]
There’s a Forest Hills Park community meeting on Thursday, September 13th. It’s for planning a Halloween party, organizing a fall cleanup, and to determine whether there is enough community interest and help available for future park events. Friends of Forest Hills Playground’s last concert of the summer may have also been their last ever. The […]
From Friends of Forest Hills Playground: The April cleanup at Forest Hills Park drew more than 50 amazing volunteers. Planning is now under way for another volunteer event in the fall. You’re invited to join park stewards for an hour-long walkthrough to identify potential projects. In April, those included rain garden cleanup, removing invasive plants, […]
by Marlene Berlin As they’d promised after work on the Soapstone Valley trail in May, the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club returned on Saturday, June 16th to do more repair work on the trail and creek crossings. On a Sunday morning walk, I noticed the difference right away. The trail had a new water bar. And […]
by Marlene Berlin The deluges over a record seven consecutive days this month brought down more than buckets of rain. They brought down trees. I found quite an obstacle on the Soapstone Valley trail on Sunday, May 20th. One tree had brought down multiple trees in one location which took a bit of finesse to […]
by Kim Farmer, Kirsten Metzger Gilbert and Tracy Johnke Friends of Forest Hills Playground Forest Hills Park recently had a multitude of volunteers making much-needed improvements. We’d like to keep the momentum going and see more users of the park and playground volunteer at the many community-building events that Friends of Forest Hills Playground organizes. In addition […]
