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 'Twas the night before Christmas, and on Accotink Creek,
Not a creature was stirring, not a mouse did squeak . . .
- Posted December 3, 2018 |
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Helping the Holmes Run watershed by reporting erosion control failures at a major construction site.
- Posted December 2, 2018 |
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Is this the right land use in the right place?
- Posted December 2, 2018 |
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Wasteland becomes a native meadow - "A happy event that will make the Earth smile" - Posted November 17, 2018 |
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Will Blake Lane Park remain a park or be developed as a school at the loss of open space and wooded habitat?
- Posted November 3, 2018 |
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The bulldozers are devastating the trees along I-66. Be on the lookout for erosion and sediment violations!!
- Updated December 9, 2018 |
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♪ Power to the People, Not this Plastic! ♪ The Trash Action Work Force protests at Nestle USA against the plastic trash poisoning our watersheds! - Posted November 2, 2018 |
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Thanks to all the Friends of Accotink Creek who joined the International Coastal Cleanup along our 12 adopted stretches of Accotink Creek in 2017. Thanks to all their efforts, we together removed 234 bags of trash, 11 tires, and junk ranging from a fire extinguisher to bicycles.
- Posted Oct 15, 2018 |
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A case of questionable compromise of principles in Resource Protection Areas.
- Updated October 8, 2018 |
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Nature continues to reclaim Wakefield Run after its restoration.  Read the background story and follow our periodic updates! - Updated September 27, 2018 |
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An appeal to aid our neighboring watershed to the east.
- Updated October 24, 2018 |
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Young minds apply their hands and hearts to study and preserve our watershed.
- Posted July 22, 2018 |
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Visit the small headwater tributary streams of the Northwast Watershed, many threatened by the I-66 widening project.
- Posted July 5, 2018 |
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Visit Hatmark Branch, a small headwater tributary threatened by the I-66 widening project.
- posted July 5, 2018 |
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The Save Lake Accotink petition has gone to the Board of Supervisors. Expect the Master Plan public meetings to resume soon to consider other aspects of the park.
- Updated June 28, 2018 |
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Many thanks to all the dedicated volunteers who turned out to clean up Accotink Creek during the annual Potomac Watershed Cleanup ! Read the results and see the photos here! Beat the Litterbugs!
- Posted May 13, 2018 |
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An expert evaluation of some of these cradles of amphibian life in Lake Accotink Park
- Posted April 22, 2018 |
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An examination of lingering erosion and landscaping deficiencies from the 495 Express Lanes.
- Updated April 22, 2018 |
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Yellow passionflowers and Purple passionflowers - be "passionate" about the imperiled Accotink Gorge. Our workdays to eliminate invasive wisteria threatening native flora make progress!
- Updated March 31, 2018 |
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Strikeout! Three plastic bag bills failed to get out of committee in the Virginia General Assembly in 2018. They are gone, but not forgotten.
- Updated January 27, 2018 |
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♦ The end is in sight! Draft TMDL's released!
Total Maximum Daily Load or Talk Much, Do Little? - Updated June 29, 2017 |
"The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now."
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