Twan
Woods
A life connected to the river. A future invested in young people.
Founder of Twan’s Eagle Watch Foundation · Washington, D.C.
Witness.
Document.
Carry it forward.
Twan Woods came of age close to the work that helped restore the Anacostia River and bring bald eagles back to Washington, D.C. As a young Earth Conservation Corps member, he was not simply watching history happen—he was learning the river, participating in the work, and documenting what he saw through photography and video.
That perspective shaped a lifelong role: participant, witness, documentarian, and keeper of community memory. Twan’s Eagle Watch Foundation continues that journey as an independent organization devoted to preserving the history, documenting the present, and preparing young people to carry the story forward.
Learning the river from the inside
The river was never an abstract story to Twan. He saw restoration become action, watched the eagle story unfold, and understood early that cameras could preserve what memory alone might lose.
Over more than three decades, his connection to the Anacostia has grown across conservation, eagle observation, community storytelling, music, and media production.
From conservation work to community media
Each chapter builds on the last. The purpose has remained constant: learn the work, preserve the truth, and make the knowledge useful to the next generation.
Restoration
Early experience connected Twan to the Anacostia, the work along its banks, and the people who laid the foundation before the eagles returned.
Observation
Years of watching and documenting Washington’s bald eagles turned field knowledge into a living public archive.
Production
Photography, video, music, live production, and digital storytelling became tools for preserving community history and reaching wider audiences.
Youth leadership
TAM Academy brings the journey forward by giving young people real responsibilities, real tools, and the confidence to tell stories of their own.
Production knowledge with a purpose
Twan’s experience extends from field documentation to professional media environments. During a football game in the production booth, the same principle is at work: understand the equipment, pay attention to the moment, and help deliver the story.
His most important next chapter is TAM Academy—an emerging youth program designed to introduce young people to camera operation, audio, directing, journalism, editing, media, and conservation through real responsibility.
Explore TAM AcademyExplore the work behind the journey
Before the Eagles
The conservation work and people who made the later eagle story possible.
FIELD ARCHIVEEagle Watch
The continuing record of Washington’s bald eagles and their return.
DOCUMENTATIONMedia Archive
Conservation, river change, community history, and environmental storytelling.
CREATIVE ROOTSWard 8 Entertainment
Music, sound, production, and a Washington, D.C. creative journey.
This page will continue to grow as Twan adds firsthand milestones, reflections, photographs, and production history in his own voice.
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