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 ...

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 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 ...

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 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.

The annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup will take place Saturday, and features seven sites in Rockville. Volunteers should arrive at their site at 9 a.m. and will work no later than noon.

<P> The annual Potomac River cleanup is part of the larger Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative, which seeks to have the watershed trash-free by 2013.<P> Joining the Mirant employees in ...