DOOMED BAMBOO: A swath of invasive common bamboo at the south end of Glover Archbold National Park, beside Canal Road, is targeted for removal on Saturday, September 16, 2017, by the National Park Service and volunteers. NPS botanist Ana Chuquin says bamboo infestations exists in many places amid the 3,000 acres of Rock Creek Park in D.C., mainly the result of escapes from nearby residential planting as ornamental or screening. The fast-spreading plant makes an impenetrable monoculture of itself and the park service wants to clear it out to make way for native species of trees. (See, Rogue Bamboo Cut In Glover Archbold, September 16, 2017, TheHoe.org) The plan calls for cutting down and removing the bamboo, and treating what remains with an herbicide to deter regrowth, according to Chuquin. The removal project is scheduled to run from 9:45 a.m. to noon, an event organized with the Rock Creek Conservancy, as well as the DC Preservation League, due to the proximity of the abandoned streetcar trestle that runs overhead. Concern about safety around the deteriorating steel structure prompted NPS to close the trail there more than a year ago, with the fate of the bridge uncertain. Photo Credit: John A. Bray