Washington Post: District streams suffer from urban pollution and construction, report finds Editor Dec 20, 2018 On a misty December morning, two women in high rubber boots stood in a babbling stream in Northwest Washington, gushing over bugs.
WAMU: Eels Are Returning To Rock Creek! But Don’t Get Too Excited Editor Dec 7, 2018 A team of citizen scientists monitoring one of Rock Creek’s tributaries found a creature they weren’t expecting earlier this year: an American eel. It wasn’t the first time an eel had been spotted in the area, but it was rare. The last…