Anacostia River Trips For Students

The National Park Service is taking 400 District of Columbia students on canoe trips along the Anacostia River this week to learn about the area watershed.

Between Saturday and Thursday, about 80 students each day will paddle the river in five handmade canoes. It's part of first lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign to promote active, healthy lifestyles.

Park Rangers will guide the river excursions with staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Anacostia Watershed Society. The students will work on service projects to remove trash and other objects from the river.

The Park Service also is planning ways to continue the program in Washington and expand to other cities.
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Wal-Mart’s Expansion to Include D.C. in 2012

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, will open its first stores in Washington, D.C. in 2012, looking to larger U.S. cities to revive stagnant sales nationally.

The four locations will offer a full grocery selection, spokesman Steven Restivo said in an interview today. The company also may open more sites across the city, including the areas east of the Anacostia River.
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Councilwoman fighting EPA over contaminated Anacostia Riverfront property

D.C. Councilwoman Mary Cheh wants to block federal regulators from seizing contaminated properties along the Anacostia River so the land can potentially be more quickly cleaned and developed.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has threatened to take over the cleanup process of three toxic properties along the river if the city doesn't act by mid-December to force the property owners to remove contaminants. But the EPA is notoriously slow, often taking more than a decade to get projects done, and neither the D.C. attorney general nor the District Department of the Environment have the power to force landowners to act.

To fix that, the Ward 3 councilwoman has introduced a bill to give District authorities the tools they need to force property owners to clean up. Cheh told The Washington Examiner that she'll soon introduce emergency legislation to make sure a version of the bill is passed in time to meet the EPA's deadline.

"Even if these sites are not developed, they could be used for a recreational purpose," Cheh said. "Not having these sites cleaned up impedes the opportunity to functionally use them."

By: Freeman Klopott
Examiner Staff Writer


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