the anacostia river is a major river in the d.c. area, and its watershed is home to over a million people. we can save the river, which is victim to pollution especially by runoff, by mobilizing locals. the people most affected by the river’s pollution can have the greatest impact on saving the river through lobbying and hands-on clean up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
the anacostia river and its watershed is home to millions of people, plants and animals. unfortunately, the river’s water quality was rated “f,” but there’s still hope we can save the river.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9602,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5196,4904],"tags":[269,506,3241,2020,591,1426],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-12335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-storyfest","category-water","tag-anacostia-river","tag-biodiversity","tag-contaminated-water","tag-rivers","tag-storyfest","tag-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n