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★ #SaveCinderBedWoods! ★ Yet another trees-to-asphalt conversion project. This one would light up the forest like an auto mall! - Posted May 13, 2021 |
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★Public input needed!★ This tributary stream is the focus of a consolidated long term project to restore watershed health. - Updated May 6, 2022 |
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The solution has become the problem while the situation continues to deteriorate.
- Updated May 8, 2022 |
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 The proposed pipeline and dewatering area still threaten wooded habitats. Let your voice be heard.
- Updated February 10, 2022 |
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Canterbury Woods Elementary School students "follow the water" to learn about what lives in their neighboring stream, Long Branch central.
- Posted May 9, 2022 |
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Yet more tree loss faces the Fort Belvoir North Area.
- Posted May 6, 2022 |
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★Defend natural resource funding!★
Come to the defense of Fairfax County parks and natural habitats! Contact your county supervisors! - Posted April 7, 2022 |
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★Join the Wisteria Workday - April 30, 2022!★
Yellow passionflowers and Purple passionflowers - be "passionate" about the imperiled Accotink Gorge. Our workdays to eliminate invasive wisteria threatening native flora make progress!
- Updated November 27, 2021 |
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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 April 25, 2022 |
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And salamanders, too! The cause of this die off of aquatic life remains a mystery.
- Posted March 31, 2022 |
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Another water main break pours sediment into Daniels Run, just one year after a similar incident.
- Posted March 31, 2022 |
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Illegal discharge into Accotink Creek is halted, but after continuing how long?
- Posted March 31, 2022 |
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Poor storage of winter salt supplies is causing harm to our neighboring watershed, Pohick Creek.
- Posted March 31, 2022 |
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Neighbors join together to clean up dumping sites along Americana Drive in Annanadale.
- Posted February 21, 2022 |
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★ Comment now in defense of wetlands! ★ "Begin with the premise that the automobile must accommodate the earth, rather than vice versa." - Updated January 16, 2022 |
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★Contact your legislators now!★ Ask your Virginia senators and delegates to vote in defense of Accotink Creek! - Posted January 23, 2022 |
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Grace Presbyterian Church includes preservation of Nature in its mission.
- Posted February 4, 2022 |
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Winter salt hurts Accotink Creek. Citizen science documents the impact. Learn what can be done.
- Posted January 12, 2022 |
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Another plan to pave the woods in the name of supposed 'environmental' benefits.
- Updated January 22, 2022 |
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Our 2021 activities in a nutshell.
- Posted November 29, 2021 |
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The Friends of Accotink Creek are at work on the Vienna Woods Swim and Tennis Club property removing exotic plant species.
- Posted December 14, 2021 |
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The Friends of Accotink Creek are recognized by the Fairfax County Park Authority.
- Posted November 22, 2021 |
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Trying to save Lake Accotink from being smothered by an insidious aquatic invader.
- Posted October 19, 2021 |
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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 2021. Thanks to all their efforts, we together removed 142 bags of trash, 25 tires, and junk ranging from a lawn mower to an electric rental scooter.
- Posted Oct 10, 2021 |
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Another trees-to-asphalt conversion project averted! A small victory for the forest!
- Updated October 3, 2021 |
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Peaceful and natural lawncare provided with and irresistible cuteness factor.
- Posted July 23, 2021 |
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Follow the envronmental impact of this massive project affecting the Accotink Creek watershed!
- Updated July 4, 2021 |
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Volunteer Fairfax honors South Misson group for their work at our Lake Acotink invasive management site.
- Posted April 22, 2021 |
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Braddock District names Friends of Accotink Creek "Citizens of the Month".
- Posted April 3, 2021 |
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The Friends of Accotink Creek are honored by the Fairfax County Tree Commission.
- Posted March 18, 2021 |
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Major changes and major questions for land use planning in Fairfax County.
- Updated March 23, 2021 |
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♦ Winter Salt Management Toolkit now available!
Total Maximum Daily Load or Talk Much, Do Little? - Updated January 26, 2021 |
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The future of Blake Lane Park has been assured permanent protection.
- Updated April 16, 2021 |
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What is the future of Friends of Accotink Creek? Is it bright new sunrise or dimming sunset?
- Posted January 23, 2020 |
"The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now."
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