April 29, 2024
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Tag: streams

Salt on roads harms waterways

#environment, #streams, #water, #weather
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With wintry weather predicted for Wednesday, it’s a good time to think about the ecological damage caused by using salt on icy roads and driveways.  The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will introduce a new a Salt Management Strategy Toolkit at a public meeting next month with resources and recommendations for best practices to reduce … Continued

Fairfax county pays homeless crews to clean up streams

#Annandale, #homeless, #litter, #stormwater, #streams
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Trash collected by Bailey’s Shelter residents at a recent cleanup at a stream behind Fairmont Gardens in Annandale.  Fairfax County’s debris and litter-choked waterways need cleaning up, while people experiencing homelessness need job experience. That’s where Operation Stream Shield comes in. The program is a partnership of the county’s Stormwater Planning Division, other county agencies, … Continued

Holmes Run watershed in Falls Church is the site of a colonial plantation and military base

#Annandale, #environment, #Fairview Park, #Falls Church High School, #history, #Holmes Run, #military, #nature, #streams
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This was the site of the Dulin farmhouse in the 1700s. The wooded area along the upper section of Holmes Run near Providence RECenter in Falls Church was once a part of a slave-holding plantation in the 1700s. The Camp Alger military base was there in 1898. And in the 1920s, it was the site … Continued

New environmental group will advocate for protection of Holmes Run waterway

#community organizations, #environment, #nature, #redevelopment, #streams
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Holmes Run overflowed its banks after torrential rains July 8. [Photos by Kris Unger] A newly formed organization, Friends of Holmes Run, plans to keep an eye on development at the Inova site on Gallows Road, at Fairview Parkway in Merrifield, and other sites near the Holmes Run waterway. “We are concerned about human impacts … Continued

Oil spill affects Holmes Run

#environment, #fire department, #streams
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Ranck Updated, 5:35 p.m.: An oil spill on the Inova property on the 3200 block of Gallows Road on March 21 has contaminated Holmes Run. The Fairfax County Fire Department found approximately 3,700 gallons of diesel fuel had spilled out of some tanks, Battalion Chief Marty Ranck, with the department’s Hazardous Materials Response Team, reported … Continued

Committee to rule on whether a home can be built in a flood zone in Annandale

#environment, #land use, #real estate, #streams
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4104 Woodlark Drive. Fairfax County officials are considering a proposal to build a home in Annandale on a property subject to flooding. The project, at 4104 Woodlark Drive, would disturb more than 2,500 square feet of a resource protection area (RPA), so it’s up to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance Exception Review Committee (ERC) to decide … Continued

Fairfax County disputes claims that Inova construction project is harming the environment

#environment, #Inova, #redevelopment, #stormwater, #streams
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Fairfax County has taken exception to the post in the Annandale Blog on Nov. 13 that described the failures of Inova’s contractors to keep sediment out of the Holmes Run watershed during the construction of the Inova Center for Personalized Health on Gallows Road. The following response was submitted by Anne Cissel, public information officer … Continued

Sediment from Inova project is damaging the watershed

#environment, #Inova, #nature, #redevelopment, #stormwater, #streams
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Sediment from the Inova construction site is flowing into streams. [Photos by Kris Unger] Construction at the Inova Center for Personalized Health and related projects on Gallows Road on the former Exxon Mobil site is causing large amounts of sediment to flow into streams and is thus compromising the Holmes Run watershed. While some efforts have … Continued