![]() |
Fairfax Vernal Pools
|
2021 Exploration of local vernal pools March 2021 - With expert guidance, we visited a number of vernal pools around the Accotink Creek watershed, observing and learning. This video documents those explorations among the small miracles that are these ephemeral waters, home to frogs, salamanders, and a host of other small creatures dependent upon their continued existance.
These pools that, though in forests, still reflect
Let's all of us heed the poet and think twice before we use our powers to "sweep away these flowery waters" for human convenience. More vernal pool resources: |