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Work Session Summaries 2025

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Bioswale Work Session - DC Stokes Rowing Club

Saturday, June 21, 2025

A diligent group of 12 volunteers worked from 9-11am on various projects.  The main task today was to clear behind the boathouse so that new doors can be installed on the back.  Other people identified and removed False Indigo Bush.  Others cleared the River Birch and Magnolia, section 1.  A very productive morning!   THANK YOU DC Strokes!! 

 BEFORE

 

AFTER - Doors cleared!

Tasks accomplished today

 Cleared vegetation from BH back

 Cut up 8 discarded oars for dumpster

 Removed False Indigo Bush, Sec 4

 Cleaned up the fencing around the Magnolia, section 1

 Cleared fencing - River Birch sec 1 

 Cut trees on rocks, sec's 1,2,3

 

Cutting up 8 oars to fit in the dumpster

   

Removing False Indigo Bush, Section 4

 

When you see bare roots like that you've got

people doing GOOD WORK!!

 Clearing the River Birch & the Magnolia, Section 1

Tasks for June work session

 Take out False Indigo, sect 1

 Remove vines from two trees in Section 1

 Remove Yellow Iris everywhere

 Plant a red leaf 

 Is all wire removed/replaced? 

 Ck on the new Sweetspire

 
 

 

 

Bioswale Work Session - Capital Juniors

Saturday, May 17, 2025

A diligent group of 27 students and 2 coaches accomplished important tasks today.   Jim lead a group in Sect 1 to clear out bush honeysuckle and clear off the rocks.  Mary worked with students in Sect 4 to cut down Willow in the spring, and clear around the bioswale sign & Serviceberry trees.  

Tasks accomplished today

 Removed bush honeysuckle, sect 1

 Removed False Indigobush, sect 1

 Removed Clematis, section 4

 Carried brush from Sect 1 to dumpster

 Cleared around the Bioswale sign

 Cut willow to 4 ft in the spring sect 4

 Cleared 2 Serviceberry trees, section 4   Planted 2 Virginia Sweetspire bushes sect 4

 Removed wire from River birches sect 1

 



Tasks for June work session

 Take out 4 False Indigo, sect 4

 Remove vines from two trees in Section 1

 Remove Yellow Iris everywhere

 Remove wire fencing from River Birches and replace with larger fencing

 Clean up the fencing around the Magnolia, section 1

 Ck on the new Sweetspire

 

 

AWS EARTH DAY & Bioswale Work Session 

Saturday, April 26 2025

Sixty five volunteers signed up through the Anacostia Watershed Society for Earth Day at the Anacostia Community Boathouse.  Plus seven volunteers from the boathouse who led the activities.  The volunteers collected 49 black bags of trash, and 25 bags of recyclable bottles and cans.  This data will be used to support Bottle Bills in DC and Prince Georges county.  There was a little rain, but all in all a successful and fun day! 

 

 

Tasks accomplished today

 Removed brambles, sect 4 

 Removed False Indigobush, sect 4

Removed Clematis, section 4

 Picked up trash, along the bioswale

  Collected 49 bags of trash from M St and Southeast Blvd.

 

                                     

 

Tasks for May work session

 Move piles of brush/vines to the dumpster

 Remove vines from two more trees in Section 1

 Remove the large Bush Honey suckle, Section 1 (and any other)

 Remove wire fencing from River Birches and replace with larger fencing

 Clean up the fencing around the Magnolia, section 1

 Remove Yellow Flag Iris - all sections

 

 

Bioswale Work Session - Academy of Holy Cross Day of Service 

Saturday, April 15, 2025

A beautiful day by the river.  18 students and 3 teachers chose to spend the day at the boathouse working in the bioswale.  Great students and hard workers!  

 

Tasks accomplished today

 Removed brambles, section 4 

 Removed tons of False Indigobush, all sections

 Picked up a ton of trash, over the whole facility

  Removed vines from tree and fence, behind boathouse

 Gathered driftwood from whole facility, created a pile for pick up by ACE.

 Created piles of brush/vines for clean up later

 

  

   

 

A friendly garter snake made an appearance

   

 

      

Tasks for April work session

 Move piles of brush/vines to the dumpster

 Remove vines from two more trees in Section 1

 Remove the large Bush Honey suckle, Sect 1 (et etc)

 Remove wire fencing from River Birches and replace with larger fences

 Clean up the fencing around the Magnolia, sect 1

 Remove Yellow Flag Iris - all sections

 

Bioswale Work Session - Gonzaga Day of Service 

Saturday, March 15, 2025

A Day of Service for Gonzaga and Georgetown Visitation crews. About 70 crew members, coaches and parents spent the day tackling the pernicious False Indigobush, moving driftwood, and pulling massive vines from River birch trees.  Their work will be impactful on all future clean ups this year!    THANK YOU GONZAGA & Visitation!

 
 
 

Tasks accomplished today

 Removed brambles, section 4  

 Removed tons of False Indigobush, all sections

 Picked up a ton of trash, over the whole facility

  Removed vines from tree and fence, behind boathouse

 Gathered driftwood from whole facility, created a pile for pick up by ACE.

 Created piles of brush/vines for clean up later

 

Watch a video from today

Thanks to Andy Waiter!

   

 

 

   

Tasks for April work session

 Move piles of brush/vines to the dumpster

 Remove vines from two more trees in Section 1

 Remove the large Bush Honey suckle, Section 1 (and any other)

 Remove wire fencing from River Birches and replace with larger fences

 Clean up the fencing around the Magnolia, section 1

 

 

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