The engineers’ message to the stream water is clear: We’ve cleared out the forebays. So slow down. Drop your dirt. Then, and only then, enjoy your time in the lake. After about four months of dredging the bays and replanting, Greenbelt and county officials, as well as Prince George’s County’s Clean Water Partnership celebrated the job’s completion on Saturday, December 3. About 50 people listened to the presentations by city officials in the public works building and then walked around the lake, learning about different phases of the project at five different stops. The forebays are the two ponds adjacent to Greenbelt Lake, one on the west side of the lake (near Lakecrest Drive) and one on the east (near Braden Field). When they work well, the lake stays clean and healthy. When they don’t, the aquatic life in the lake gets sick, as do plants
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