Photo: Whitney Flanagan/The Conservation Fund
Some staff from the Fund recently took a boat trip down the Anacostia River in Washington D.C. courtesy of The Anacostia Watershed Society. The lower section of the Anacostia River is part of The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. This was the first national water trail in the United States and the Fund was one of the organizations that worked to establish it. As noted in the Anacostia river guide, "The Anacostia River played a major role in shaping American Indian culture, the founding of our nation’s capital and the military outcomes in the War of 1812." The guide is a great tool for exploring the Anacostia river, a hidden treasure in the D.C. area.