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If you missed visiting the Tidal Basin this year or avoided it because you hate crowds, you can still enjoy the cherry blossoms around the Route 1 corridor, especially this year when the blooming season is one of the longest on record. Continue reading
Route 1 Nonprofit Aims to Bring More Bats to the Anacostia River
A Route 1 nonprofit is working to make the Anacostia River more bat-friendly to keep the population of mosquitoes, beetles and other insects in check. Continue reading
- Posted in Bladensburg, Brentwood, College Park, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park, University Park, Woodridge
- Tagged Anacostia Watershed Society, nature
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A Japanese mindfulness practice called “forest bathing” has become a hot new trend on the Route 1 corridor. Continue reading
- Posted in Brentwood, College Park, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park
- Tagged Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, National Arboretum, nature
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With money from D.C.’s five-cent bag tax, the Anacostia Riverkeeper holds regular tours that start at the Navy Yard marina and head upriver to the railroad bridge. Continue reading
- Posted in Bladensburg, Brentwood, College Park, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier, Riverdale Park, University Park, Woodridge
- Tagged Anacostia River, Anacostia Riverkeeper, family, nature
- 1 Comment
Water lilies and lotus plants are in bloom at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, which is holding its annual festival to mark the occasion. Continue reading
- Posted in Hyattsville
- Tagged Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, nature
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Mount Rainier Pair Draw Attention to Devastation of Region’s Ash Trees
For the last three years, science writer Gabe Popkin and photographer Leslie Brice have visited ash tree groves to document trees dying from the emerald ash borer. Continue reading
- Posted in Bladensburg, Hyattsville, Mount Rainier
- Tagged nature
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Communities along the Route 1 corridor have recently gained recognition for their efforts at boosting native pollinators. Continue reading
- Posted in Brentwood, College Park, Edmonston, Greenbelt, Hyattsville, Riverdale Park, University Park
- Tagged nature, University of Maryland
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