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★ 2005 - 2025 ★
Twenty years of caring for our watershed! - Posted June 17, 2025 |
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 'Twas the night before Christmas, and on Accotink Creek,
Not a creature was stirring, not a mouse did squeak . . .
- Posted December 10, 2025 |
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★ #SaveCinderBedWoods! ★
Globally Rare/Locally Hidden/Threatened by Pavement - Let's make our streets safe for people before we put more paveent in our forests and floodplains! - Updated July 27, 2025 |
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The City of Fairfax commends FACC for 20 years of dedication to our watershed.
- Posted December 12, 2025 |
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★ Dec. 16th - VA 11 Delegate Primary ★
Special election for Delegate, Special election  for Braddock District Supervisor, General Assembly, Commonwealth-wide offices, And Vienna City Council.
- Updated December 13, 2025 |
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New and better studies are underway, but funding has been withdrawn. Can any viable solution ever be found for the future of Lake Accotink?
- Updated December 5, 2025 |
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Another plan to pave the woods in the name of supposed 'environmental' benefits.
- Updated November 19, 2025 |
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The roller coaster that this project rides plunges to the depths again! City Council has voted to proceed with the trail at the expense of natural habitat.
- Updated November 26, 2025 |
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★ Presidents Day 2026 ★ Join together with neighbors to clean up dumping sites along Americana Drive in Annanadale. Read about our latest Americana cleanups! - Posted December 7, 2025 |
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Misguided plans to build on a lot 100% in floodplain and Resource Protection Area.
- Updated November 26, 2025 |
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★ Veterans Day ★
Thank you to all the neighbors who joined hands to to clean up dumping sites along Americana Drive in Annandale. - Posted November 18, 2025 |
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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 12, 2025 |
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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 198 bags of trash, and junk ranging from a fire extinguisher to an electric rental scooter.
- Posted Oct 12, 2025 |
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Ad hoc fixes are collapsing and the mud rolls on. When will it end?
- Updated June 23, 2023 |
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★ Public Meeting June 2, 2025 ★ "Begin with the premise that the automobile must accommodate the earth, rather than vice versa." - Updated May 21, 2025 |
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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 20, 2025 |
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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 20, 2025 |
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Plans to expand sewer capacity promise devastation to the Hunters Branch tributary.
- Updated April 9, 2025 |
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★ Speak up for parks! ★
Fairfax County is targeting the parks budget for disproportionate cuts again. Let your supervisors know we need Nature!. - Posted April 10, 2025 |
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Floodplain property along Dogue Creek preserved, in a model for all such properties in all our watersheds.
- Updated April 6, 2025 |
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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 March 28, 2025 |
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★Contact your legislators now!★ Ask your Virginia senators and delegates to vote in defense of Accotink Creek! - Posted January 15, 2025 |
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A memorial tribute to our former Primary Conservator.
- Posted January 9, 2025 |
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Constant water main breaks constantly dump layers of choking sediment in our streams.
- Posted January 12, 2025 |
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Read about the adventures of Friends of Accotink Creek in defense of our watershed in 2024. "GET YOUR BRAIN WET!" - Posted December 10, 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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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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