2025 Potomac Watershed Cleanup Accotink Creek Watershed April & May
March 4, 2025
GET YOUR BRAIN WET! Join Friends of Accotink Creek in partnership with the Alice Ferguson Foundation
Friends of Accotink Creek
Accotink Creek runs through one of the finest wildlife corridors in Fairfax County. It passes through Eakin, Wakefield, Lake Accotink, and Accotink Stream Valley Parks, Ft. Belvoir, and the Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge, then drains into the Potomac River, affecting the waters of Chesapeake Bay.
We are committed to protecting, promoting, and restoring the water quality, natural habitat, and ecological well-being of the Accotink Creek watershed.
We intend to:
- Foster environmental awareness, education, and enhance recreational use.
- Reduce storm runoff and its effects; restore habitats, preserve land.
- Enlist broad-based public and organizational participation and support.
News and Updates.
George Snyder Trail
February 25, 2025
♫ Everything is awesome when you’re part of the plan! ♫ * #savefairfaxtrees Can’t get
Cinder Bed Road Bikeway
February 22, 2025
★ #SaveCinderBedWoods! ★
Eminent domain hearings for yet another trees-to-asphalt conversion project. This one would light up the forest like an auto mall!
Americana Drive Cleanup
February 21, 2025
Thank you to all the neighbors who joined hands to to clean up dumping sites along Americana Drive in Annandale.
Buletins
FACC Bulletin February, 2025
February 14, 2025
Present: Gary Bangs, Philip Latasa, Dave Lincoln, Beverley Rivera, Sandy Collins, Peter Clark, Susan
Kuiler, Sue Kovach, Jay Kapoor, and Kim Schauer all via on-line meeting.
AGENDA
• Northern Virginia Trout Unlimited Liaison: Philip said that he was contacted by Lane Thurgood from
Trout Unlimited. Lane said he would be our contact with them and he lives in the Ravensworth
neighborhood. Northern Virginia Trout Unlimited
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Accotink Creek Watershed Planning
April 1, 2023
The overall goal of watershed planning is to serve as a tool to identify and address causes of degradation and to ensure future protection for Fairfax County water resources. There are many new technologies and creative planning tools that can be applied to protect, mitigate, and restore watersheds. Some may be “too creative” and amount to meddling, causing unintended negative consequences. Particularly to be avoided is diverting energy to budget-building, feel-good busywork.
Stormwater in Accotink Creek
April 1, 2023
Our streams are drowning!
We are drowning Accotink Creek with inadequate water management. One of the major problems impairing the health of our streams is, ironically, water itself – a case of too much of a good thing.
Maps of Accotink Creek
April 1, 2023
JADEFairfax CountyComprehensive Interactive Map Fairfax CountyWatershed Viewer Fairfax CountyTax Info & Maps Fairfax CountyDigital Map
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Anywhere we influence land use decisions – our homes, civic associations, houses of worship, and more – we can make a difference for Accotink Creek. The answer lies in allowing the land to work with nature – to slow down water, filter it, and allow it to seep into aquifers and streams gradually. Rain gardens, rain barrels, green roofs, pervious paving and other simple techniques can help us enhance our properties while maintaining a healthy Accotink Creek.