Friends of Accotink Creek
Events Logbook
Accotink Experiences of Previous Years

Friends of Accotink Creek Bulletins
2011 - Now


2024

Virginia Conservation Legislation 2024

2023

FACC Newsletter 2023

Fairfax Elections 2023

Stream Monitoring 2023

Americana Drive Cleanups 2023

Vernal Pool Exploration 2023

Potomac Watershed Cleanup 2023

Lions Mane Mushroom

Virginia Conservation Legislation 2023

2022

FACC Newsletter 2022

Elly Doyle Award 2022

Sanitary Sewer Break 2022

Fish Survey 2022

Water Caltrop Returns

Grace Mission Natives

University Mall Salt Storage 2022

Illegal Discharge 2022

Water Main Break 2022

Long Branch Fish Kill

Park Authority Budget

Fort Belvoir North Area

Follow the Water 2022

International Coastal Cleanup 2022

Potomac Watershed Cleanup 2022

Fairfax Elections 2022

Americana Drive Cleanup - Veterans Day

Cathy Ledec Farewell

Americana Drive Cleanup Presidents Day

Winter Salt Watch 2021 - 2022

2021

FACC Newsletter 2021

Water Caltrop Report 2021

Americana Drive Cleanup - Veterans Day

Vienna Swim Club Project

Elly Doyle Award 2021

John Mason Trail

Lamb Mowers

I-66 Outside the Beltway

Kudoboard Recognition

Citizens of the Month

Friend of Trees Award

Land Use Planning Changes

Blake Lane Park Preserved

Potomac Watershed Cleanup 2021

Water Main Break

Oil Spill Incident

Virginia Legislation 2021

International Coastal Cleanup 2021

Stream Monitoring & Mussel Rescues 2021

2020

FACC Newsletter 2020

Crimes of Northfax West

International Coastal Cleanup

George Snyder Trail

Braddock Road Project

Americana Drive Cleanup Veterans Day

Plastic Bag Legislation 2020

Potomac Watershed Cleanup

Stream Monitoring & Mussel Rescues 2020

2019

FACC Newsletter 2019

Soil Dumping Incident

Aquatic Exotic Returns

Inova Development Issues

Thompson Farm Development

Champion Award

Follow the Water

Wakefield Run Restoration Project

Daniels Run Invasives

Woodlark Drive Development

8211 Little River Turnpike Erosion Issue

495 Express Lanes

Fairfax Elections 2019

Americana Drive Cleanup Veterans Day

International Coastal Cleanup

Vernal Pool Sediment Contamination

Plastic Bag Bills Fail Again

Holmes Run Oil Spill at INOVA

Fitzhugh Park Restoration

Stream Monitoring & Mussel Rescues 2019

Potomac Watershed Cleanup

Americana Drive Cleanup Presidents Day


2018

International Coastal Cleanup

Alban Road Meadow Planting

Trash Day of Action - Battle of the Bottle! - October 2018

Gallows Road Development

Appeal from the East - Dogue Creek - 8800 Richmond Highway

Follow the Water

Plastic Bag Bills Fail Again

Vernal Pool Exploration

Accotink Creek Fish Passage

Stream Monitoring & Mussel Rescues 2018

Constitutional Amendment

Trash Day of Action - Battle of the Bottle! - May 2018

Potomac Watershed Cleanup


2017

Braddock Road Project

Trash Day of Action - Battle of the Bottle! - October 2017

Accotink Creek Sediment & Chloride TMDL

Plastic Bag & Trash Study Bills Trashed!

Stream Monitoring & Mussel Rescues 2017

I-66 Corridor Coalition

International Coastal Cleanup

Trash Day of Action - Battle of the Bottle! - May 2017

Potomac Watershed Cleanup

Lake Accotink Scope Model


2016

Stream Restoration Discussion

Ground Nesting Bees

Americana Park Meadow Planting

International Coastal Cleanup

Royal Lake Mussel Rescue

Get the Bags Out! - Support SB114

Long Branch Falls Geology

Stream Monitoring & Mussel Rescues 2016

Potomac Watershed Cleanup


2015

Tenth Anniversary of Friends of Accotink Creek

Freshwater Mussel Survey

Elly Doyle Award

International Coastal Cleanup

Terra Centre Stormdrain Project

Environmental Excellence Award

Brookfield Pond Restoration

Daventry Stream Restoration

Americana Park Meadow Planting

Stream Monitoring & Mussel Rescues 2015

Potomac Watershed Cleanup

Lake Accotink Dam Fish Kill

Lake Accotink Study

Letter From Lorton

Ranavirus Advances

Braddock Road Project

Mussel Mortality

Plastic Bag Bill Turned Into Trash

Flag Run's Urban Stream Advocate

Calamo Branch Photo Tour

Oak Hill Park Cleanup

Goose Control in Fairfax County

Creekers Meet Lakers

Trail on the Wrong Path

Northern Virginia Magazine coverage

Bay Journal coverage

WAMU coverage


2014

Ghosts of the Accotink

Stream Monitoring & Mussel Rescues 2014

International Coastal Cleanup

Beltway Massacre

Letter From Lorton

Anacostia Trash Traps

Pine Ridge Park Paving

Flag Run Inspection

Virginia Eagle Volunteers

Happy Holidays!

Annual Leaf Grinding

Potomac Champion Award

Monster Mushrooms!

Presentation to Federation of Civic Associations

Water Chestnut Control Day

Report from Oak Hill Park

Erosion & Sediment Control Violation

Long Branch Nature Walk

Death of a Swallow

Sewer System Saved

Erosion & Sediment Control Violation

Damselfly Larvae in Abundance

A Visit to MOM's Organic Market

Nazi Nitwits Defeated in Americana Park

Marck Barahona Scout Project

When Creekers Met Lakers

Potomac Watershed Cleanup

Americana Asphalt

Green Inspirations Film Festival

Cooperator of the Year

Plastic Bag Bill's Short Life


2013

Illegal Discharge into Accotink Creek

Stream Monitoring & Mussel Rescues 2013

When FLAP Met FACC!

Eagle Scout Cross County Trail Project

NOVA Watershed Workshop

Stream Monitoring in 2013

Wakefield Run Plant Rescue

International Coastal Cleanup

Eagle Scout Boot Brush Project

Kutner Park Vernal Pool

Potomac Watershed Cleanup

Accotink Creek TMDL Lawsuit

Eroding Wakefield Park Bike Trails


2012

150th Anniversary Commemoration of the Civil War raid in Lake Accotink Park

Girl Scout Gold Award Project

Tanker Fuel Leaks Into Accotink Creek

Lake Accotink Drained Again

Potomac Watershed Cleanup

Wakefield Run Naming

International Coastal Cleanup

Replanting Along I-495

Nottoway Park Master Plan Amendment

Wisteria Lane


2011

Mussel Rescue

Ghosts of the Accotink

International Coastal Cleanup

Bumper Dumpers!


2010

Potomac Watershed Cleanup

Weevil Release

Tanker Fuel Spill

International Coastal Cleanup

HOT Lanes Disaster


2009

Potomac Watershed Cleanup

Cross County Trail Paving

International Coastal Cleanup

HOT Lanes Disaster


2008

Turkey Run Cleanup

Trees Beaver-Proofed

Cross County Trail Paving

HOT Lanes Disaster

Hunters Branch Cleanup

International Coastal Cleanup


2007

Children & the Creek

Neighbors Visit Stafford West

International Coastal Cleanup

Dad & Son Fishing

Fish Kill

Hunter's Branch Cleanup

Ted Plunkett Cleanup

Scouts Post Delayed Harvest Signs


2006

Fairfax City Stream Restoration

Earth Day Cleanup

Spring Stream Cleanup

International Coastal Cleanup

Vienna Storm Drain Marking

George Washington Community School

Flag Run Cleanup - Cub Scout Pack 868

Hunters Branch Cleanup

Trout Unlimited Stream Cleanup

Save Wedderburn

Potomac Watershed Cleanup

Storm Drain Marking - Parks

Storm Drain Marking - Tivoli

Removing Kudzu

Old Lee Hwy Restoration Site Visit

Stream Monitoring


2005

Fairfax Watershed Network - FACC announced


2004

Trout Unlimited Stream Restoration