Thousands of volunteers participate each spring in the foundation's Potomac watershed cleanup, which has removed almost 2.5 million pounds of trash since it started in 1989. The Potomac watershed ...

Throughout the watershed, about 33 percent of the trash is from food. Cigarette butts make up 12 percent; food and candy wrappers, 7 percent; and bottles and cans, 6 percent. Advertisement ...

The Potomac River Basin or watershed covers 14,670 square miles through five geological provinces. The river flows over 400 miles spanning Washington, D. C. and four states -- Virginia, Maryland ...

Stormwater runoff from urban areas is now causing the rapidly rising levels of pollution in the Potomac River according to a recent report by Potomac Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental group.

The FWS reports that the fish species is typically found in the Lower Potomac watershed that’s between Maryland and Virginia and the Susquehanna River watershed that includes parts of New York ...

While removing trash during the past 18 annual Potomac Watershed Cleanup events, volunteers have stumbled on items ranging from abandoned refrigerators to car chassis. "Anything you can think of ...

The Potomac River Watershed Cleanup has evolved from a small shoreline cleanup at Piscataway National Park into a regional initiative. Since 1989, the Alice Ferguson Foundation has partnered with ...

The 25th Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, April 6, at the Dashiell Marina on board Naval Support Facility Indian Head from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

It took a week for the order to be lifted. According to Storm Team4, much of the Potomac watershed is currently under moderate to severe drought conditions due to our hot and dry start to summer.