The Green Boats program, operated by Living Classrooms Foundation on Kingman Island in Washington, D.C., offers free kayak rentals as long as participants agree to pick up litter while paddling the Anacostia River. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
From left, watershed specialists Antwan Rich, Dawayne Garnett and Carlos Rich from Groundwork Anacostia work to empty a Bandalong litter trap at Kenilworth Park in Washington, D.C., in 2014. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
A skimmer boat operated by DC Water passes by the USS Barry, docked at the Washington Navy Yard on the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., in 2014. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Children pick up litter from the Anacostia River using canoes with the Anacostia Riverkeeper near Kingman Island in Washington, D.C., in 2019. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Hi Jake,
Great article! I'd like to point out that Anacostia Watershed Society diligently collects trash data from the traps and it is this data that helped pass DC's plastic bag bill and styrofoam ban. It is an important and under appreciated effort that I feel is important for the readers to know.
Thank you.
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Hi Jake,
Great article! I'd like to point out that Anacostia Watershed Society diligently collects trash data from the traps and it is this data that helped pass DC's plastic bag bill and styrofoam ban. It is an important and under appreciated effort that I feel is important for the readers to know.
Thank you.
Thank you!
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