Anacostia Watershed Cleanup
Atlantic Region; 2005
Project Scope
Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS), NOAA, and other partners joined together to clean up Watts Branch area of the Anacostia River watershed on Saturday, March 18, 2006 from 9am-12pm. The NOAA Marine Debris Program-funded cleanup took place in one of the most economically and ecologically challenged areas of the Anacostia watershed, and is part of a broader NOAA-wide initiative in the Anacostia to clean up and restore our Capitol’s river.
An amazing 200 volunteers showed up on a Saturday, and after a rousing speech by NOAA's National Ocean Service Assistant Administrator, Jack Dunnigan, Capitol Heights Mayor Joyce Nixon, and AWS President Bob Boone, collected 70 tons of trash and an additional 800 tires from the stream and woods.
Photo Gallery
Photos of a cleanup in the Anacostia Watershed, Maryland.
This project was funded through NOAA's Ocean Service, Office of Response & Restoration, Marine Debris Program.
