Events

Sligo Creek Fest

Sligo-Dennis Avenue Park 10200 Sligo Creek Parkway, Silver Spring, MD

Walk, Run, Hike, Stroll, Roll, Bike your way to Sligo Creek Fest Put on your walking shoes, grab your bikes, skateboards, and scooters, and experience Montgomery Parks Open Parkways like never before at Sligo Creek Fest. On Saturday, May 4 from 11 am to 3 pm, at Sligo Creek Open Parkway situated...

Anacostia River Festival

Anacostia Park 1100 Good Hope Rd SE & Anacostia Dr, Washington, DC

The 11th Street Bridge Park and the National Park Service present the tenth annual Anacostia River Festival, a wonderful event of the 2024 National Cherry Blossom Festival. Join us at this FREE family-friendly event as we celebrate 10 Years of Bridging D.C.: Honoring Our Past, Building Our Future at Anacostia...

Free

‘Women on the Water’ Fishing and Boating Workshop

Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, Maryland

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is hosting “Women on the Water,” a free introductory workshop on boating and fishing for women and girls aged 12 and older, at Seneca Creek State Park on May 9 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. New or returning boaters and anglers can receive Information about...

Free

Energy & Environment Forum

Academies of Loudoun 42075 Loudoun Academy Drive, Leesburg, VA

Environmental Commission Hosts Energy & Environment Forum May 14, 2024 Members of the community are encouraged to learn and engage about Loudoun County’s efforts to increase environment and energy sustainability by attending the second annual Energy and Environment Forum Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m., at the Academies of...

EPA Mid-Atlantic Summit: “Empowering Communities for Environmental Equity”

The Summit is free and open to the public. The summit will convene representatives from communities; non-profit organizations; Tribes; professional associations and advocacy groups; businesses; academia; and federal, state, and local government in the Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia). However, anyone interested in environmental...

Free

Walk in the Woods: Mussel Power with Anacostia Watershed Society

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens 1550 Anacostia Ave. NE, Washington, DC

Mussels are mighty protectors of clean freshwater, filter-feeding all kinds of pollution from their habitat. Here’s a chance to meet these fascinating critters, and the folks putting them back in the river! Join us for a walk from Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens to Kenilworth Lake, where the Anacostia Watershed Society will...

Free

Nature Center Pop-Up

Ovid Hazen Wells Recreational Park 12121 Skylark Drive, Clarksburg, MD

Join a Park Naturalist for an off-site hike and get to know a new park! Includes 80 minute hike and social chat at the end. The Nature on Wheels vehicle will provide seating, water and bathroom access (using stairs). This week we will be meeting at Blockhouse Point Conservation Park...

Free