Tagged Stories: "trash"
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Talking trash in D.C.
March 29, 2018Julie Lawson is working to keep our streets and waters clean
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Baltimore through a new lens
March 1, 2018Baltimore students journey with the Forest Service to learn firsthand how trash impacts their local waterways
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Microplastics in the Chesapeake Bay
April 15, 2015Plastic containers and other trash that gets washed into the Bay doesn’t actually disappear
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Photo Essay: Following the Anacostia Water Trail
October 22, 2014The Anacostia River defies expectations with its surprising array of wildlife and recreation opportunities.
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Stream cleanup at Pope Branch shows restoration progress being made
February 13, 2013Trash is becoming less of a problem for the District of Columbia waterway.
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A beautiful morning cleaning up Spa Creek
April 26, 2012Bay Program Director Nick DiPasquale reflects on a morning spent volunteering clean up trash along his local creek.
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Cancun, Cocoa Beach and…Cheverly? Spending spring break cleaning up the Anacostia River
April 18, 2012More than 250 college students spend their spring break helping pick up trash.
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Watershed Wednesday: Clean Bread and Cheese Creek (Dundalk, Md.)
March 28, 2012Clean Bread and Cheese Creek's goal is as simple as its name states: clean up trash and stop illegal dumping.
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Watershed Wednesday: Friends of Accotink Creek (Fairfax County, Va.)
February 15, 2012Friends of Accotink Creek is a Fairfax-based volunteer group dedicated to battling illegal dumping in the county.
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Greening Up the Anacostia for Diamond
August 11, 2011Bay Program Acting Director Jim Edward helps clean up the Anacostia River with the Earth Conservation Corps.
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