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On December 7th, Philip Latasa and Olivier Giron walked a section of the Accotink Watershed, looking at different problems that are plaguing Accotink Creek and its tributaries. They found areas of heavy erosion, litter that is washing down from parking lots and roads, and illegal dumping. (Including mysterious piles of nothing but auto bumpers.) Learn more about the problem and contribute to the effort to spread awareness of our responsibilities to our environment.
- posted Jan 14 |
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Be afraid! Big construction projects are rolling across the Accotink Creek watershed permanently removing tree cover and habitat and filling Accotink Creek with construction sediment. Our report on a neighborhood turned into a ghost town awaiting its end before the blades of bulldozers.
- posted Dec 28 |
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Thanks to all the Friends of Accotink Creek who joined the International Coastal Cleanup at five of our 12 adopted stretches of Accotink Creek in 2011. Together we removed 109 bags of trash, 11 tires, and junk ranging from a rolling trash bin to a bean bag chair.
Plan now to volunteer again with others to preserve our oceans and waterways! Leaders needed to coordinate cleanup sites during the Potomac Watershed Cleanup in April & May, 2012 and again in September & October, 2012!
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Tropical Storm Damages Parks and Strands Wildlife Read about some of the damage the remains of Tropical Storm Lee caused along Accotink Creek and the rescue of fish and mussels in the aftermath. - posted Sep 15 |
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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 2010. Thanks to all their efforts, we together removed 146 bags of trash, 17 tires, and junk ranging from a snowboard to a mattress to a toy vacuum cleaner.
- posted Dec 11 |
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Volunteer Alex Mossett completed reports documenting the conditions along two stretches of Accotink Creek.
Mainstem 12 Mainstem 13 Your reports documenting the sections of Accotink Creek and tributaries are always welcome! - posted Dec 11 |
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Photos documenting how VDOT and its contractor, Fluor-Transurban, are failing to prevent sediment from the Capital Beltway HOT Lanes project from entering Accotink Creek.
- posted June 10 |
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Battling bugs come to the aid of Accotink Creek watershed weed warriors as beneficial weevils are released to combat the scourge of invasive Mile-a-Minute vines.
- posted July 24 |
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In May 2009, the Fairfax County Park Authority completed construction of asphalt trail along Accotink Creek downstream from Lake Accotink Park. The project rerouted the Cross County Trail into the floodplain habitat without mitigation. This site documents the damage done.
- posted June 4 |
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Americans send about 38 billion water bottles a year to landfills. Considering the 1.5 million barrels of oil needed to make those bottles, the environmental impact of plastic bottle waste is truly staggering.
- posted May 8 |
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