“They don’t have cars in the woods of Rock Creek Park,” said an environmental advocate who works in Black neighborhoods. “I don’t see why we should.”
abandoned cars, however, requires resources Harrington doesn’t have — a team of people hacking away at underbrush with machetes before calling in a truck with a winch or maybe a forklift. Unfortunately, he said, agencies that should protect this land far removed from the more pristine parks of Northwest D.C. are “missing in action.”“Little if any effort is made to actually use this land in a way beneficial to residents,” Harrington said.
A spokesperson for D.C. police said any vehicles abandoned on city land can be removed by the Department of Public Works, while vehicles on federal land are handled by federal authorities. The city’s transportation department referred questions to its public works department, which declined to comment.“Nobody really has eyes on these woods,” Harrington said. “I started Ward 8 Woods because I saw a void of stuff that needed to be done that wasn’t getting done.
“Our staff … are constantly working to address illegal dumping throughout Ward 8 as quickly as we can,” the statement said.Since World War II, Ward 8 has undergone extensive development, including the construction ofand Interstate 295. New roads have been cut into the hillsides overlooking the Anacostia River as other roads have been reclaimed by mini-forests. When shifting woodlands swallow a driveway or gas station, any vehicles abandoned there become part of the new landscape.
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