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• ALICE FERGUSON FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES LITTER ENFORCEMENT WEEK IN THE DC METRO AREA The 2010 Litter Enforcement Week will Take Place April 4-10, 03/30/10
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• ALICE FERGUSON FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES THE 22^ND ANNUAL POTOMAC RIVER WATERSHED CLEANUP Volunteers Needed for Saturday, April 10, 2010, 03/22/10
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• First Trash Free Stream Announced, 34 New Signatories to the Potomac Watershed Trash Treaty, new commitments by regional leadership at the Alice Ferguson Foundation's 4th Annual POTOMAC WATERSHED TRASH SUMMIT, November 4, 2009
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• Alice Ferguson Foundation's 4th Annual POTOMAC WATERSHED TRASH SUMMIT featuring “No Impact Man” Colin Beavan October 27, 2009
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• ALICE FERGUSON FOUNDATION'S 4TH ANNUAL POTOMAC WATERSHED TRASH SUMMIT "Getting to the Source of It" October 21, 2009
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• MAJOR GROCERY CHAIN AND UNIVERSITY PILOT TRASH FREE POTOMAC FACILITY PROGRAM Launch of Trash Free Facility Program Can Lead to Positive Regional Changes June 17, 2009
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• THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS RALLY AGAINST LITTER IN POTOMAC WATERSHED Thousands Volunteer for 21st Annual Service Effort April 4, 2009
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• TRASH FREE POTOMAC WATERSHED INITIATIVE'S LITTER ENFORCEMENT WEEK BEGINS MARCH 28 AND CULMINATES ON APRIL 4, 2009
  In an effort to reduce litter, Police Departments around the area are participating in Litter Enforcement Week. The Alice Ferguson Foundation and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Police Chiefs’ Committee announced the region’s second Litter Enforcement Week. March 25, 2009
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• VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE 21^st ANNUAL POTOMAC WATERSHED CLEANUP APRIL 4, 2009
  What do a diving board, coffin, pogo-stick, a wooden leg and 1,300 tires have in common? They have all been pulled out of the Potomac Watershed in the last year! March 12, 2009
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• ALICE FERGUSON FOUNDATION LAUNCHES THIRD ANNUAL POTOMAC RIVER WATERSHED TRASH SUMMIT
  Thirteen Elected Officials to Sign Trash Treaty and Join Nearly 300 Concerned Citizens and Community Leaders to Discuss Outreach and Best Practices June 17, 2008
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• POTOMAC RIVER WATERSHED CLEANUP MARKS 20^TH YEAR: Threat of Rain Energizes Thousands of Volunteers
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• THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, ALICE FERGUSON FOUNDATION, AND METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS ANNOUNCE FIRST LITTER ENFORCEMENT WEEK Enforcement Emphasized to Encourage Greater Stewardship in Parks and Communities April 1, 2008
   
  • Full Press Release Click to view (PDF)
  • Litter Enforcement Week Press Conference Speaker Remarks
    • Joe Lawler, Director of the National Capital Region, National Park Service Click to view (PDF)
    • Darrin Palmer, Assistant Chief of Police for Prince George’s County Click to view (PDF)
  • Press Conference Program Click to view (PDF)
  • Consequences for Illegal Dumping and Littering Click to view (PDF)
  • Environmental Criminal Enforcement Statutes Click to view (PDF)
  • Photos:
    • Tracy Bowen, AFF Executive Director, local and Federal Police Officers stand in front of a huge pile of trash illegally dumped in the region's national parks to announce Litter enforcement Week. Click to view
    • Photo 2 Click to view
    • Captain Brian Berke accepted the award for Arlington County Police Department for their participation in Litter Enforcement Week. Click to view
    • Law Officers from around the region were award for their participation in the TFPWI’s Litter Enforcement Week at the 3rd Annual Potomac Watershed Trash Summit. Click to view
• POTOMAC RIVER WATERSHED CLEANUP KICKS OFF 20TH YEAR EVENT WITH LITTER ENFORCEMENT WEEK Metropolitan Washington Council of Government’s Police Chiefs’ Committee’s Litter Enforcement Week Begins March 30 and Culminates April 5 with the Largest Volunteer-Led Cleanup on the East Coast, March 6, 2008 Click to view (130kb PDF)

• LEADERSHIP FAIRFAX SELECTS THE ALICE FERGUSON FOUNDATION TO RECEIVE THE "REGIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD", November 1, 2007 Click to view (165kb PDF)
• HUNDREDS ATTEND THE 2ND ANNUAL POTOMAC WATERSHED TRASH SUMMIT -- Regional Leaders and Elected Officials Conveign and Make Significant Agreements to Solve the Region's Trash Problem, June 21, 2007 Click to view (114kb PDF), Trash Summit Photos (107kb PDF)
• Momentum for 2^nd Annual Potomac Watershed Summit Builds with 37 New Signings by Elected Officials committing to the Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative, June 13, 2007 Click to view (118kb PDF)
• CONGRESSIONAL AND COUNTY LEADERS JOIN EXPANDING CAMPAIGN FOR A TRASH FREE POTOMAC BY 2013, May 31, 2007 Click to view (117kb PDF)
• THOUSANDS OF ENTHUSIASTIC VOLUNTEERS HAUL TRASH IN SPRING CLEANING, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania See Massive Turnout, March 31, 2007 Click to view (159kb PDF)
• LIVE CLEANUP RESULTS ON WWW.TRASHFREEPOTOMAC.ORG AVAILABLE SATURDAY, MARCH 31^ST BY 3:00 P.M., March 29, 2007 Click to view (138kb PDF)
• SPRING CLEANUP STARTS WITH BUG REMOVAL in Lorton, VA., March 15, 2007 Click to view (92kb PDF)
• CONGRESSMAN CHRIS VAN HOLLEN WELCOMES STUDENT LEADERSHIP "Trash Free by 2013" Student Action Committee Kickoff Ceremony for High School Students on Capitol Hill, February 12, 2007
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  Photos: SAC group photo, Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Kickoff Ceremony
  Website: www.studentactioncommittee.org
• 19th Potomac River Cleanup to MOBILIZE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS, January 22, 2007 Click to view (103kb PDF)

• ASTONISHING VOLUME AND VARIETY OF TRASH REMOVED BY THOUSANDS at the 18th Potomac Watershed Cleanup, April 8, 2006 Click to view (126kb PDF)
• ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THOUSAND GEAR UP for 18th Annual Potomac Watershed Cleanup --“Trash Free by 2013!”, April 8, 2006 Click to view (101kb PDF)

• ELECTED OFFICIALS PICKING UP TRASH at Hard Bargain Farm during Potomac Watershed Cleanup --“Trash Free by 2013!", April 8, 2006 Click to view (104kb PDF)
• 18th Potomac River Cleanup to MOBILIZE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS, March 23, 2006 Click to view (92kb PDF)
• CONGRESSIONAL AND COUNTY LEADERS JOIN EXPANDING CAMPAIGN FOR A TRASH FREE POTOMAC BY 2013 February 23, 2006 Click to view (90kb PDF)
• VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the 18^th Annual Potomac Watershed Cleanup APRIL 8, 2006, January 24, 2006 Click to view (35kb PDF)
• CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS COMMIT TO TRASH FREE POTOMAC by 2013, Potomac Trash Treaty Building Momentum, January 17, 2006 Click to view (82kb PDF)

• TRASH FREE POTOMAC WATERSHED INITIATIVE CONVENES, Advisory Council Chairman Chris VanHollen and regional leaders meet to discuss trash-free goals, December 9, 2005 Click to view (105kb PDF)