Prince George’s County has spent $68,000 and cut down 836 trees to complete the first phase of Anacostia River levee repairs, according to Susan Hubbard, a county public works and transportation spokeswoman.

In February, the Army Corps of Engineers issued a report that identified levees on the banks of the Anacostia in Bladensburg and Hyattsville as posing a risk of failure. The corps cited trees on and around the levees as potential problems, and gave the county a year to address the situation.