WAMU: Sesame Street To Film On Washington’s Streets This Summer
A loud, chubby guy with an orange face and static-prone hair is making his first trip to Anacostia this summer. No, not that guy. It’s Ernie, from Sesame Street!
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WAMU: Potomac Watershed Cleanup Is This Weekend. Here’s How To Help.
As many as 10,000 volunteers are expected to hit the outdoors on Saturday, and they’ll have trash bags in hand. The annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup has been a spring tradition in the D.C. area since 1989.
WAMU: Even Volunteer Efforts Are Being Shut Down By The Shutdown
Stories abound of citizens pitching in to pick up trash on federal land while government workers are furloughed have made headlines. But hundreds of volunteers are being turned away: people with regular volunteer gigs are being told to stay…
National Park Foundation Bolsters Anacostia Park’s Community-Building Efforts with $861k Grant
For Immediate Release: August 28, 2018
Contacts: Alanna Sobel, National Park Foundation
Pya Langley, National Park Service
National Park Foundation Bolsters Anacostia Park’s Community-Building Efforts with $861k Grant
Funding…
Curbed DC: Anacostia Park celebrates 100th birthday, receives $861K grant
One-hundred years ago, on Aug. 31, 1918, Congress preserved a stretch of land along the Anacostia River as a national park. On Friday and Saturday, to mark the centennial of that event and highlight Anacostia Park’s offerings, the National…
Find Your Way to Anacostia Park!
National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 28, 2018
Contact: Jonathan Shafer
Find Your Way to Anacostia Park!
Know the best ways to access the park during major construction
Park ranger provides…