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Broad Branch Stream restoration celebration and volunteer event

Broad Branch Stream Broad Branch Rd NW and Linnean Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

Join Rock Creek Conservancy for a special celebration and stewardship activity in Broad Branch, the site of our 2017 restoration effort to introduce more native plant species to the area. This past summer, Rock Creek Conservancy and ANC 3F supported a Restoration Maintenance Intern who worked in Broad Branch to water trees and remove invasive […]

Vertical Farming in Urban Cities

UDC Building 32 4200 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

As part of its Brown Bag Lecture Series, UDC's College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) will host a discussion with one of the nation's earliest proponents of […]

Melvin Hazen West invasive removal

Melvin Hazen West 3031 Sedgwick St NW, Washington, DC

Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service in removing invasive plant species from the western section of Melvin Hazen Park. For info and to register: https://rockcreekconservancy.org/volunteer-in-your-oasis#event=18828259

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Melvin Hazen West invasives removal

Melvin Hazen West 3031 Sedgwick St NW, Washington, DC

Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service for this family-friendly event as we remove invasive plant species from the "mini-oasis" in the western section of Melvin C Hazen Park. For information and to register for the March 10th event: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=27499826 Other upcoming events in Melvin C Hazen Park: April 6th trash cleanup: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=27502797 […]

Trash cleanup in Melvin Hazen West

Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the Mayor's Office of the Clean City for the Mayor's Annual Spring Cleanup in Rock Creek Park. This particular cleanup will focus on a "mini-oasis" in the western section of Melvin C Hazen Park. For information and to register: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=27502797 Upcoming events include: April 27th invasives cleanup in Melvin Hazen […]

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Broad Branch Stream tour

Nearly five years after the project's grand opening celebration, we're taking you on a tour with experts who can show us the progress made in restoring Broad Branch Stream, and what still needs to be done. Who: Forest Hills Connection, District Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE), Rock Creek Conservancy Where: The tour begins […]

Volunteer Community Tree Planting @ Peirce Mill

Peirce Mill in Rock Creek Park 2401 Tilden St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Learn more at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-community-tree-planting-peirce-mill-registration-55766751856?_eboga=1586279485.1551134190&_ga=2.47767783.1149346569.1551134190-1586279485.1551134190

Rock Creek Extreme Cleanup

The Rock Creek Conservancy organizes trash cleanups at over 60 locations along the 33-mile length of Rock Creek. The goal is a total stream cleanup of Rock Creek and its tributaries, the parks connected to Rock Creek, and the neighborhoods near Rock Creek where trash originates. Watch this space for work sites, with more added […]

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Volunteer Community Tree Planting @ UDC

UDC Student Center 4200 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington

The College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES), of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), is collaborating with Casey Trees and UDC's Environmental Sustainability Leaders Student Club to host two tree-planting events in honor of Earth Day 2019. The trees will be planted on UDC's Van Ness campus. The goal is […]

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Green Roof Tours

UDC Building 44 University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, United States

Tour the Green Roof at UDC's College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES), and hear about sustainable agriculture from the Master Gardener Program Coordinator, Sandy Farber Bandier; and […]

Melvin Hazen West invasives removal

Melvin Hazen West 3031 Sedgwick St NW, Washington, DC

Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service for this family-friendly event as we remove invasive plant species from the "mini-oasis" in the western section of Melvin C Hazen Park. For information and to register: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=27502851 June 1st invasives cleanup: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=27510172

DC WIP Public Meeting

UDC David A. Clarke School of Law 4340 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC

Rock Creek Conservancy is joining the DC Department of Energy and Environment and the University of the District of Columbia to host a Public Meeting on the Draft Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan. Learn more at https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=30184489

Weed Warrior Leader Training

rock creek park maintenance yard Maintenance Rd NW, Washington, DC, United States

Rock Creek Conservancy will train Weed Warriors to host their own invasive removal events throughout Rock Creek Park. Learn more and register at https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=27261837

Melvin Hazen West invasives removal

Melvin Hazen West 3031 Sedgwick St NW, Washington, DC

Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service for this family-friendly event as we remove invasive plant species from the "mini-oasis" in the western section of Melvin C Hazen Park. For information and to register: https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=27510172

Melvin Hazen East Invasive Removal

DC

Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service in removing invasive plant species from the eastern section of Melvin Hazen. Volunteers must register. More information here: https://rockcreekconservancy.org/what-we-do/upcoming-events#event=30865950


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