How a Fight for a Virginia Creek and its Wildlife Inspired Earth Day (Every Day) Heroes 

Katy Johnson and her two children, Mickey (age 11) and Bailey (age 8) have always found playing in the creek to be the highlight of their day. Accotink Creek runs directly behind their house and it’s one of the reasons the Johnsons bought the house. So when Katy heard from a neighbor about the City of Fairfax’s plan to bury the North Fork of Accotink Creek,… Continue reading

Creek Critters app wins Bethesda Green Award for Innovation!

ANS’ own Creek Critters smartphone app, in development since 2015 and funded by the Raines Family Foundation, has been honored with an award from Bethesda Green and the Bethesda Magazine for Innovation by an Environmental Nonprofit. Here’s what they say about Creek Critters: Click here to read the whole article… Continue reading

A Tribute to Stream Superhero Tammy Shepherd – Protector of a Local Tributary

Tammy Shepherd’s superhero strength is mobilizing the neighbors in her Rockville, Maryland community to get outside and engage in nature with the goal of improved health…their own, and that of the local Rockcrest Stream Tributary. To say that Tammy is involved is an understatement. She puts the ‘ist’ into everything… Continue reading

Blue Water Baltimore Celebrates 5 Year Anniversary

Blue Water Baltimore has been working with communities for more than five years to use community-based restoration, advocacy, and education to achieve clean water in the Baltimore watersheds.  Much of their work is around cleaning up communities, planting trees, and other greening practices. This helps improve the way a community looks… Continue reading

The Friends of Accotink Creek are Stream Superheroes

ANS would like to recognize Friends of Accotink Creek as one of the most engaged Stream Superheroes in the Washington Metro area. They hold quarterly Biological Stream Monitoring events each year that are open to the public (the next event is September 10 9:30-11:30am), as well as reaching out to residents… Continue reading

NEEF Water Quality Photo Contest – Stream Superhero Mission

Here’s a  stream superhero mission for you that pays:  The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) and the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water is running a photo contest, now through May 27, 2016.  It’s the  #H2OBigPicture Photo Contest and they are giving away some pretty impressive prizes. Looks like… Continue reading

Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) Introduces New Players in the Fight to Protect Local Streams and Watersheds – Stream Superheroes Hydro Girl, Doctor Stream Strider . . . and You

CHEVY CHASE, MD–Calling all superheroes! Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) is looking for a few good stream superheroes to join its Communities for Clean Streams. Meet Hydro Girl. Hydro Girl can reduce the evil effects of polluted runoff and development on local streams by bringing her community together. Her mobilization superpower… Continue reading