Snapshots of Success

2006 - Mounds of trash removed from the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers during Capital River Relief 2006.	2006 - Jim Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality speaks at the Earth Day 2006 event, applauding Capital River Relief’s efforts.
2006 - Matt Schlapp, executive director of federal governmental affairs for Koch Industries, the lead sponsor of Capital River Relief, speaks at the Earth Day event.	2006 - Joe Lawler, Director of the National Capital Region of the National Park Service, delivers remarks at Capital River Relief’s Earth Day event.
2006 - John Paul Woodley, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, speaks in appreciation of Capital River Relief.	2006 - Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Resources, speaks at the April 6 press conference.
2006 - Chad Pregracke speaks about the importance of Capital River Relief.
2006 - 1st Photo: Members of the media take boat tours on the Anacostia River to view the work ahead of the Capital River Relief volunteers.	2006 -The Capital River Relief barge, already piled with trash removed from the capital region’s rivers.
2006 - Washington D.C. mayor Anthony Williams speaks in support of CRR’s efforts.	2006 - Washington D.C. mayor Anthony Williams speaks in support of CRR’s efforts.
2006 - Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), member of the House Appropriations subcommittee for Washington D.C, encouraged volunteers to get involved with CRR.	2006 - Susan Parker Bodine, the assistant administrator of the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, speaks at the launch press conference.
2006 - Edwin Pinero, Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, praised the coalition’s environmental work.
2004 - Finishing their shift off with a bang, the missionaries filled more than 50 bags in 20 minutes	2004 - Doug Siglin, Congressman Pombo and Chad Pregracke with some of the trash removed during Capital River Relief 2005.
2004 - Mayor Anthony Williams praises Capital River Relief and environmental coalition efforts at the kickoff press conference at Hains Point	2004 - Press Conference: Washington Mayor Anthony Williams helped kickoff “Team Up to Clean Up” at the March 31 press conference.
2004 - Chad Pregracke, Living Lands & Waters Founder, speaks about his river cleaning experiences.	2004 - Living Lands and Waters founder, Chad Pregracke and Congressman Todd Tiahrt working side-by-side along the Anacostia River.
2004 - Doug Siglin from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation takes media members on a skiff boat to the press conference at Hains Point	2004 - Extensive pollution to Washington’s rivers, such as the debris shown here, are the target for the month-long cleanup effort.
2004 - Congressman Jim Moran speaks at a press conference for Capital River Relief on April 1, 2004.	2004 - Chad Pregracke shares his feeling that, "rivers are national treasures like the monuments."
2004 - 2,800 bags of trash, 746 tires, 25 fifty-five gallon barrels, 12 shopping carts, seven refrigerators, six messages in bottles, three water heaters, on mannequin hand and counting…	2004 - Democrats from the East and Republicans from the West put aside their differences to help clean the Anacostia.
2004 - Staff members from the office of New Jersey representative Rush Holt stand by trash they collected from the banks of the Anacostia on a beautiful April day.	2004 - William Miles from Pennsylvania representative Chaka Fattah's office ties up a bag he filled with trash.
2004 - Tom Pyle from Koch Industries and staff from the House Resources Committee did a double shift on April 7.	2004 - The missionaries descended on a small area with a huge concentration of plastic and glass bottles near the Belle Haven Marina.
2004 - The Cheerleaders are being transported to the cleanup site in a Capital River Relief boat.	2004 - Two volunteers wonder where all the tires come from.
Congressman Richard Pombo (CA-11) welcomes Chad Pregracke to Capitol Hill.	2004 - The Washington Redskins Cheerleaders joined the crew on Saturday April 10.
2004 - Jenna Morasca, winner of Survivor: The Amazon, and Ethan Zohn, winner of Survivor: Africa, pull a tire from the Potomac River while in Washington to commemorate Earth Day and take part in Capital River Relief.