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Rock Creek Park Announces Dates for Annual Deer Management Operations

Press Release Nov 16, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 16, 2018 Press Contact: Katie Liming (NPS) Rock Creek Park Announces Dates for Annual Deer Management Operations WASHINGTON– This year’s operations window for the annual deer population…

National Park Service selects operator for Rock Creek Park Horse Center

Press Release Oct 26, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 26, 2018 Contact: Katie Liming (NPS) National Park Service selects operator for Rock Creek Park Horse Center WASHINGTON– The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Guest…

DC History

Another summer comes and goes with no events on Carter Barron stage

Michelle Goldchain Oct 19, 2018

The 1960s were the heyday of Rock Creek Park’s Carter Barron Amphitheatre. Diana Ross & the Supremes, Stevie Wonder and Ella Fitzgerald were among the musical acts highlighted in a May 12, 1968, article in The Washington Post previewing…

Natural Environment

Katy Cain and John Maleri: Stormwater threatens Rock Creek

Commentary Sep 19, 2018

When it pours like it has in recent weeks, it’s easy to see that stormwater is the biggest challenge facing Rock Creek. A cursory search for Rock Creek on social media shows visitors in awe, photographing the force and volume of water…

Arts and Culture

With neighborhood backing, artist seeks funding for Tenleytown mural celebrating Rock Creek Park

Katherine Saltzman Aug 27, 2018

If grant funding is awarded, Tenleytown may soon have a second public mural: A local artist is proposing to honor Rock Creek Park’s natural and social history with a colorful new artwork adorning an otherwise gloomy retaining wall across…

Proposed National Park Service First Amendment and Special Event Permit regulations would provide…

Press Release Aug 8, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 7, 2018 Contact: Mike Litterst Proposed National Park Service First Amendment and Special Event Permit regulations would provide clarity while protecting iconic views in Washington, D.C.…

Norton Bill to Rename Rock Creek Park ‘Rock Creek National Park’ to Have Hearing in House, Thursday

Press Release Jun 18, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Fritsch June 18, 2018 Norton Bill to Rename Rock Creek Park ‘Rock Creek National Park’ to Have Hearing in House, Thursday WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will testify at a…

National Park Service offers rare business opportunity at Rock Creek Park Horse Center

Press Release Jun 13, 2018

National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 13, 2018 Contact: Katelyn Liming National Park Service offers rare business opportunity at Rock Creek Park Horse Center WASHINGTON — The National…

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