Forest Hills Connection | News and Life in Our DC Neighborhood
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Do you love Rock Creek? Are you looking for ways to help care for our urban wilderness while staying socially distant? Drop by our "Office Hours" for volunteers. Registered volunteers will receive cleanup supplies and discuss socially-distant stewardship practices and ways to reduce stormwater pollution. Come between 9 am and 11 am at your convenience. […]
Join National Park Service, Rock Creek Conservancy, and Weed Warrior Rena Subotnik for a socially-distant outdoor invasive removal event in the Melvin Hazen East section of Rock Creek Park. Volunteers may only participate if they have registered. The event leader will not accept "walk-ups" or last minute additions due to health and safety reasons. They […]
Join National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy on Sunday, August 30 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm to remove invasive bamboo at the Melvin Hazen West mini-oasis. Bamboo is an aggressive invasive plant that can overtake wildlife habitats and out compete native plant species. This event will involve cutting, removing, and hauling bamboo out […]
Join National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy to remove invasive bamboo at the Melvin Hazen West mini-oasis. Bamboo is an aggressive invasive plant that can overtake wildlife habitats and out compete native plant species. This event will involve cutting, removing, and hauling bamboo out of the mini-oasis. Register and find more information here.
Join National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy to remove invasive bamboo at the Melvin Hazen West mini-oasis. Bamboo is an aggressive invasive plant that can overtake wildlife habitats and out compete native plant species. This event will involve cutting, removing, and hauling bamboo out of the mini-oasis. Register and find more information here.
Join National Park Service, Rock Creek Conservancy and Weed Warrior Rena Subotnik for a socially-distant outdoor invasive removal event. Volunteers will be removing English ivy from the Melvin Hazen East section of Rock Creek Park. Register and find more information here.
Join the National Park Service, Rock Creek Conservancy, and Weed Warrior Rena Subotnik for a socially-distant outdoor invasive removal event. They will be removing English ivy from the Melvin Hazen […]
Join National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a habitat restoration service event. Volunteers will be restoring a section of Melvin Hazen West, one of the Conservancy's five mini-oases. […]
Join National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy for a habitat restoration service event. Volunteers will be restoring a section of Melvin Hazen West, one of the Conservancy's five mini-oases. […]
Volunteers will join National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy at the Conservancy's Melvin Hazen mini-oasis restoration site to plant native species. Native plants are important to native wildlife and […]
Volunteers will join National Park Service and Rock Creek Conservancy at the Conservancy's Melvin Hazen mini-oasis restoration site to plant native species. Native plants are important to native wildlife and […]
Join Rock Creek Conservancy, National Park Service, and Weed Warrior Rena Subotnik in an effort to remove invasive plants from Melvin Hazen East. Find information and register here.
Join Rock Creek Conservancy for its virtual Stream Team Leader Training. This training will prepare volunteers to become Stream Team Leaders and provide tools to help individuals steward the Rock Creek watershed. Stream Team Leaders are dedicated volunteers that work with the Conservancy to host their own trash cleanups and increase stewardship actions within their […]
Under the guidance of Van Ness Main Street, socially distanced volunteers are planting daffodils, tulips and other spring bulbs along Connecticut Avenue every Saturday and Sunday until Nov 8th. The three time slots (11am to noon, noon to 1pm, 1pm to 2pm) are limited to 10 people at a time. Sign up for one or […]
Neighbors are invited to help maintain the rain gardens at Forest Hills Park (by the tennis courts) under the guidance of the Department of Parks and Recreation and the DC Department of Energy and Environment. Volunteers can sign up for one or more one-hour shifts between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Kids […]