Trails connect communities

June 3rd was National Trails Day, and we hope you had as much fun as we did. Our Trail Ranger team joined the National Park Service, the District Department of the Energy and the Environment, goDCgo and a host of other community partners to celebrate the Anacostia River Trail. In addition to lovely weather and a beautiful trail, the event sported a native fish exhibit at Anacostia Park, health screenings at River Terrace, trail trivia at Kenilworth, and fantastic flora and fauna at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. As part of their biannual Doc in Day Festival, Stone Soup Films came out to make a short film about the trail. Have a look:
The Kenilworth section of the Anacostia River Trail opened in October of 2016. It is a game-changing addition to our region’s trail network, reconnecting neighborhoods that have been cutoff for decades providing a safe, car-free trail experience from Anacostia Park to the ends of the Anacostia Tributary Trail System in Greenbelt, College Park, and Wheaton. WABA would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Stone Soup Films’  extraordinary crew – Madeleine Cook, Kaitlin Puccio, Asia Taylor, Josh Weiner and Chris Zarconi, and also to the District Department of Transportation and National Park Service for funding the DC Trail Ranger Program. And also:
  • Thanks to the Rails to Trails Conservancy for additional support for the trail etiquette signs!
  • Thanks to volunteer Will!
  • Thanks to Urban Arrow for the cinematography assist.

More photos below: