Our guest is Trey Sherard.

In the interview: Trey gives tremendous context on the realities of a watershed and the interconnectedness of rivers and surrounding land. He talks about the projects to clean up one of the most polluted rivers in the world, how the stakeholders in this area of Washington were underserved (due to the lower income of surrounding residents) and how an awakening has occurred in the area amongst the business owners, community leaders, and environmentalists, resulting in a vast improvement in the river’s water quality and reduction of plastic contaminants, with much work still left to be done.

About Trey Sherard: Trey is a biologist, researcher, teacher, and river guide, who recently won the River Network’s River Hero award. Trey serves as a community organizer and a voice for the Anacostia River. In addition to coordinating Anacostia Riverkeeper’s Clean Waterways cleanup series, he manages several Bandalong litter traps and ARK’s green infrastructure program. Most recently, Trey used volunteer-collected data to advocate for and unanimously pass the polystyrene foam ban in Washington, DC. His gifts of inspiration and education make him a powerful advocate for a fishable and swimmable Anacostia. One of the Worldsaver podcast crew was lucky enough to be on board one of Trey’s tours and luckily was able to book him for a podcast appearance.

About the Anacostia Riverkeeper project: Visit https://www.anacostiariverkeeper.org/ 

About the podcast: Asking the questions are Dr Nigel Williams (UK) & Richard Maltzman (USA).

Trey answers questions on: Who are you and how are you saving the world?; Tell us a little about the Anacostia River; What is the watershed and why is understanding that an important piece of your work? On your site, you list four things that you do: Mitigate Stormwater, Mitigate Stormwater, Mitigate Trash, Protect the River, and Connect Communities, can you say more about this?; What does the community have to do to make the Anacostia swimmable again?.

Podcast recorded on 26 April 2022.

Available to view as a video on Spotify.