This blog post first appeared on Curtis Buffer News blog Dec 2020 Thanks to all of you who have stopped by to offer encouragement and help over the past year as we continue our invasive remediation work along Rock Creek. I feel like we could use one of those “Under Construction” signs as we clear new areas of vines and other plants damaging or killing trees. Ballroom covered in knotweed and vines Ballroom after cutting vines and knotweed We now have a crew of 8 volunteers! We’ve made more progress than we ever thought possible in one year, especially with a pandemic raging. We started the year at the upper reaches of the creek in the arboretum where a combined sewer overflow directs street runoff into Rock Creek. We’ve installed erosion markers which we are monitoring to see the effects of storm damage. Each month we assess the water quality and flow so we can get a fuller picture of the health of the stream over time. We also did our first detailed annual wildlife habitat survey. A