World Bank President and D.C. Mayor participate in clean-up of Anacostia River Islands; World Bank volunteers lend brains, brawn, and birds to Kingman and Heritage Islands.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 June 2001-WORLD BANK: World Bank President and D.C. Mayor participate in clean-up of Anacostia River Islands; World Bank volunteers lend brains, brawn, and birds to Kingman and Heritage Islands (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21062001 WASHINGTON -- Today, World Bank President James D.

Wolfensohn and Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams joined hundreds of volunteers from the World Bank, the D.C. government, and local NGOs in cleaning up two Anacostia River islands--Kingman and Heritage Islands. The public service day is on the underdeveloped southern half of the Kingman Island, created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers around 1916 from "dredge" from the Anacostia River. Contributing to the implementation of the Kingman...