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★ #SaveCinderBedWoods! ★ Yet another trees-to-asphalt conversion project. This one would light up the forest like an auto mall! - Updated May 2, 2023 |
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★ Veterans Day 2024 ★
Thank you to all the neighbors who joined hands to to clean up dumping sites along Americana Drive in Annandale. - Updated November 20, 2024 |
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General election  for Fairfax City Council, U.S. Senate, and U.S. President.
- Posted July 27, 2024 |
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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 October 29, 2024 |
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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 2024. Thanks to all their efforts, we together removed 183 bags of trash, and junk ranging from a child’s scooter to a commercial cafeteria soup serving station.
- Posted Oct 19, 2024 |
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The citizen's Task Force has presented its findings to the Board of Supervisors. But a resolution may still be far from us.
- Updated July 17, 2024 |
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Fairfax City seeks citizen input on an assessment of Accotink Creek in the City.
- Posted July 17, 2024 |
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Volunteer turtle relocation project before pond dredging project.
- Posted June 26, 2024 |
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Fairfax City's planning document holds significant promise for this section of Accotink Creek.
- Posted June 15, 2024 |
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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 April 29, 2024 |
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Another plan to pave the woods in the name of supposed 'environmental' benefits.
- Updated June 20, 2024 |
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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 26, 2024 |
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Another plan to pave the woods in the name of supposed 'environmental' benefits.
- Updated March 30, 2024 |
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Join this coalition to take an active role in ridding our county
of invasive plants and supporting the planting of native species.
- Posted March 5, 2024 |
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The Daventry Homeowners Association in Springfield begins a program of invasive species control on its common property.
- Posted March 4, 2024 |
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Another oil spill at the same spot affected by a 2023 spill.
- Posted January 26, 2024 |
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Another water main break dumps sediment and chlorinated water into an Accotink Creek tributary.
- Posted January 24, 2024 |
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★Contact your legislators now!★ Ask your Virginia senators and delegates to vote in defense of Accotink Creek! - Posted January 13, 2024 |
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Winter salt hurts Accotink Creek. Citizen science documents the impact. Learn what can be done.
- Posted January 24, 2024 |
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The I-66 project has concluded. We will monitor the growth of the replanted areas and keep watching for any new problem that may crop up.
- Updated December 12, 2023 |
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Another sanitary sewer break contaminates an Accotink Creek tributary.
- Posted November 13, 2023 |
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Ad hoc fixes have are collapsing and the mud rolls on. When will it end?
- Updated September 25, 2023 |
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"Begin with the premise that the automobile must accommodate the earth, rather than vice versa."
- Updated August 9, 2023 |
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Plans to expand sewer capacity promise devastation to the Hunters Branch tributary.
- Updated July 21, 2023 |
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Trading green space for Greenbacks! An ancient perennial stream has met its tragic and needless end in Fairfax City. - Updated May 17, 2023 |
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Another ancient stream in the northwestern headwaters is in need of protection.
- Posted May 5, 2023 |
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This tributary stream is the focus of a consolidated long term project to restore watershed health. Learn what is proposed and where changes will happen.
- Updated February 7, 2023 |
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Read about the adventures of Friends of Accotink Creek in defense of our watershed in 2023. "GET YOUR BRAIN WET!" - Posted December 14, 2023 |
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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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