Fort Dupont Creek Stream and Wetland Restoration Project

From the National Parks Service:

Fort Dupont Creek is suffering from high rates of bank erosion due to stormwater flows entering the stream system during storm events combined with sandy soils prone to erosion. The District Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) and the National Park Service (NPS) are preparing design plans for 9 project areas encompassing approximately 18,600 linear feet of stream restoration on Fort Dupont Creek and its tributaries and stormwater outfall stabilization in southeast Washington, DC. All project areas are on parklands administered by the NPS, primarily in the confines of Fort Dupont Park.

The need for the proposal is to restore the degraded stream channel exhibiting high rates of bank erosion and channel incision (downcutting) and degraded habitats. These issues are the result of past and current excessive, concentrated stormwater flow from outside the park boundaries and past alterations of the stream network and valley associated with land development within the Park. High erosion rates lead to poor water quality, poor aquatic habitat conditions, loss of canopy trees, and excessive sediment loads; ultimately, affecting the Anacostia River, an important sub watershed of the Chesapeake Bay.