by Leah Lemoine Environmental Protection Specialist District Department of the Environment Why has the District Department of the Environment (DDOE) provided over 5,000 homeowners in DC – including some of your neighbors – up to $1,200 for landscaping enhancements aimed to control stormwater? Stormwater runoff is the number one contributor of degradation in Rock Creek. […]
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To Stop Ticks, Clock’s Ticking
by Bill Eck In conversation with several residents of Forest Hills over the past few months, I have heard dozens of accounts of ticks being found on both people and their pets. Among these were several accounts of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases. This subject is especially important to me since I have contracted […]
What locals want in a Broad Branch Road rehab: Separate walking/biking paths
DDOT is making preparations to rehabilitate a 1.7 mile stretch of Broad Branch Road, between Linnean Avenue and Beach Drive. Right now, that stretch is a narrow, winding, two-lane road with no sidewalks and no easy Rock Creek access for pedestrians and cyclists. One of DDOT’s objectives is to make the road safe and accessible […]
Things To Do In Forest Hills (Fall Edition)
Did you enjoy our list of summer neighborhood activities and places of interest? Here is the list again, with updates and additions for fall. 1) The trees will soon show off their fall colors in all their glory. Get close to nature before it beds down for the winter. Hike Soapstone Valley. Or visit the […]
Zoning Rewrite: Protecting Our Trees (part 2)
George Clark is the former President of the Forest Hills Citizens Association, former Chair of the Federation of Citizen Associations, Chair of the Committee of 100 on the Federal City, and is presently representing the Federation as member of the citizen Zoning Review Task Force, which started meeting in November 2007. George has been to […]
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