Tuesday, October 12, 7:00 pm Sign in to Zoom for informal social time before our speaker at 7:30 pm.

Natural Filters in the Anacostia River, the Recovery of an Urban Waterway Presented by Jorge Bogantes Montero For more than three decades, the Anacostia Watershed Society has been working on recovering the Anacostia River's ecosystems, especially its natural filters. After decades of restoration, education, and advocacy work, we are seeing a great recovery of the biodiversity of the aquatic ecosystems in the Anacostia River. This presentation will be a virtual tour of the river and a tale of recovery of what once was a neglected urban waterway in the nation's capital.

About the presenter: Jorge Bogantes Montero is a Natural Resources Specialist at the Anacostia Watershed Society in Bladensburg, MD. He leads ecological restoration efforts on public parklands in the Anacostia River watershed, including wetland restoration, tree plantings, meadow creation, SAV propagation, mussel propagation, wildlife monitoring, and invasive plant management. Jorge has a Bachelor's degree in Natural Resource Management and Protection from the Universidad Estatal a Distancia in San Jose, Costa Rica, his native country. Before moving to the U.S., Jorge worked in Costa Rica on tropical biodiversity conservation.

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