Support stream restoration at Oxon Run in DC
DOEE, Oxon Run Stream Stabilization
National Park Service· National Capital Parks - East, Oxon RunNPS Planning (PEPC) project page ↗
NPS PEPCWe track this on the agency’s own system of record, where most on-the-ground decisions live.
Fixing erosion along Oxon Run protects parkland and improves water quality for nearby residents.
What’s at risk
Ongoing erosion is degrading the Oxon Run stream channel and the surrounding National Capital Parks - East parkland. Without this work, water quality continues to decline and park land is lost to erosion.
If we stay silent
The stream channel is stabilized, erosion stops, and water quality improves for a park that serves southeastern Washington, D.C. communities.
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
3 holes in the agency’s own analysis
What the public could have raised, from the agency’s own document
- I support this action and urge the agency to advance it.
- I support the proposed stream stabilization work along Oxon Run, which will address erosion and restore the stream channel within National Capital Parks - East in southeastern Washington, D.C.
- Protecting the stream channel through this project will help improve water quality in Oxon Run and preserve the surrounding parkland for public use.
- Please approve the DOEE proposal to stabilize Oxon Run, as unchecked erosion threatens the integrity of National Capital Parks - East and the waterway running through it.
- Say something only you can say. The law requires the agency to consider and respond to substantive comments, and specifics are what make a comment substantive.
In the agency’s own words
Oxon Run Stream Stabilization
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