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Hope and Hardship for Canada Geese on Sligo Creek
For a colony of Canada geese on Sligo Creek, and one nesting Mama Goose in particular, life is filled with unending drama, tragedy and triumph.
Pondering Water Cycles on the Northwest Branch Trail
Eye On Sligo Creek intern, photographer and environmental science major Michael Petrizzo shares his thoughts on water cycles, natural selection and more.
Savoring Sligo Creek On A Rainy Day
A rainy Wednesday creates unexpected opportunities to sense Sligo Creek in a whole new way: we savor a magical afternoon featuring a wildlife extravaganza!
Join Us Sunday, April 5 at 10 a.m. For a Virtual Walk In The...
Join Eye On Sligo Creek's Chris Lancette and Won-ok Kim on Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 10 a.m. Eastern time for our first-ever Facebook Live broadcast!
Sligo Creek Dictionary
We’re learning new words every day as we explore Sligo
Creek and other Anacostia River tributaries. We thought you might want to learn
right along with...
Start Bicycling In February? Seriously?
The middle of winter might seem like a horrible time for me to encourage you to try bicycling for the first time – or to return to it if you used to ride long ago. I’m not nuts: there are a lot of great reasons to ride when the weather outside is frightful.
Lake Artemesia Mural Brings Even More Nature to Life
This Lake Artemesia mural is a gift that keeps on giving. It beautifully captures life on the lake -- putting a smile on my face every time I see it.
Discordant Notes
The beauty of listening to Canada geese in concert gets marred by sight of pollution in Sligo Creek. The good news is that we can stop pollution at its source.
Origin Story
Won-ok and I were on our normal morning walk on Dec.
22, 2019, when we reached the earthen dam by the University Boulevard retention
ponds. The...
Team – Lancette & Kim
Christopher
Lancette
Publisher/Writer/Editor/Wonderer
I fell in love with two things in my youth – nature and journalism – and have dedicated much of my life to both....
