DC Water is doing exploratory drilling in Rock Creek Park in preparation for the Piney Branch sewage project.
Three years of water testing data on D.C. rivers shows some spots are clean enough to swim in. But it’s still illegal.
DC Water vowed to “round up the usual leprechauns and investigate” reports of bright green water near Rock Creek. Turns out, it was a dye test after recent flooding.
More residents spent time on — and in — the rivers this summer, even with high levels of bacteria pollution.
The National Park Service Will Close Some Roads In Rock Creek Park As It Reduces The Deer Population
The Park Service’s goal is to keep the deer population down to a manageable level — 15-20 deer per square mile — so the forest can thrive.
The road renovation project took $33 million and three years.
The U.S. District Court decided that the limits, set by D.C. and approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, violate the Clean Water Act.
In Anacostia Riverkeeper’s most recent weekly water quality test, none of the sites measured in Rock Creek passed.
For more than a century, a dam prevented river herring in the creek from accessing their normal spawning grounds. The ladder is supposed to help them climb their way up.
The closure is needed to prepare for the installation of a pedestrian bridge that will connect the Kennedy Center’s new expansion to the National Mall and the Roosevelt Bridge.
