Clean up Rock Creek on April 6

Last year, more than 14,000 volunteers across five states hauled 262 tons of trash out of the Potomac River watershed during the annual Rock Creek Extreme Cleanup, Tom Smerling of the Rock Creek Conservancy posted on Patch.

This year, there will be volunteers at more than 40 sites along Rock Creek (see the map at Rock Creek Conservancy) picking up trash on Saturday, April 6, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Join them at one of two places year you:

• Rock Creek Mouth (gather at Thompson Boat Center)
• Dumbarton Oaks Park

Click on a site—Rock Creek Mouth or Dumbarton Oaks—to see the registration page, which includes directions, parking and additional details.

Walk-ins are welcome, but registering in advance helps everything go more smoothly on clean-up day.

Supervised children and pets are welcome at some locations, check in advance. Student Service Learning credits are available. No experience is necessary, Smerling added. 

For more information, email tom@smerling.com.