Rock Creek Park News

Look for some heavier than normal traffic Sunday as people travel to family gatherings.

These days, electric vehicle activists want to see more public events like EV ride-and-drives and plenty of time for education and socializing.

The reverence in Rebecca Trafton's voice and the joy with which she walks about Dumbarton Oaks Park imbues the 27-acre naturalistic park in Georgetown with a sacredness often reserved for places of worship.

For the first time since participating in the annual EU Open House in Washington, D.C., the Royal Netherlands Embassy will allow the public to tour the Dutch embassy.

The show-and-tell session in Rock Creek Park started out pretty tame. Erin Casgren-Tindall, 31, hoisted up a yellow bag and announced, "Here are things to take with us on a bike ride." Her audience of a half-dozen women watched as she pulled out her locks - both a cable to loop around her wheels and a U-lock for her frame.

America's East Coast is home to some of the country's most photographed locations, from New York, where every street corner is like a still from a film, to the immense political architecture of Washington D.C. If you're thinking of taking a trip down this side of the country and you're looking for the best locations for collecting memorable images ... (more)

The woman heard the screen door slam in her upper Northwest Washington house, realized it wasn't her husband and soon found herself struggling with a daylight burglar.

The Smithsonian and Rock Creek Park in Washington co-host the 20th annual International Migratory Bird Day Festival next Saturday, May 11, with birding walks, performances by Latin dance and musical groups, and other free events supporting bird conservation.

Happy Friday. The National Park Service has found an interesting way to help feed the homeless.

On Friday May 3rd & Saturday, May 4th at 8 p.m. & Sunday, May 5th at 2 p.m., attend the world premiere dance theater collaboration of Once Wild: Isadora in Russia at the Davis Performing Arts Center, Gonda Theatre.

The white-tailed deer killed in the National Park Service's recent population-control cull in Rock Creek Park will soon become a ground venison ragu atop whole wheat rotini baked with mozzarella cheese.

Nearly 600 pounds of ground venison from the National Park Service is now being put to use at the D.C. Central Kitchen.

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Some D.C. residents have volunteered in the war against a foreign invader that threatens the trees in Rock Creek Park.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Monday honored five Washington-area schools and the Montgomery County school system as National Green Ribbon Schools for their exemplary environmental education programs and sustainable facilities.

A pair of barred owls, commonly known as "hoot owls", have recently taken up residence in a selective piece of real estate in Georgetown's East Village, choosing a tree in Montrose Park to make their home.