Creek Cleanups
Get down and dirty with Friends of Little Hunting Creek!
April 14, 2012, is the next Little Hunting Creek cleanup, held as part of of the Potomac River Watershed Cleanup sponsored by Alice Ferguson Foundation.
Community credit hours will be provided.
Clean up sites in 2011 (2012 sites tba)
9 a.m. to noon: Stratford Landing, Northern VA Conservation Trust site, intersection of Stockton Parkway and Londonderry. We'll pull invasive ivy (bring loppers or clippers if you have them) and pick up trash. Contact: Adam Draper, adraper@nvct.org.
9 a.m. to noon: Stratford-on-the-Potomac, 9000 Captain's Row. Pick up trash along the shore or launch your canoe or kayak from this site. Contact: Karl Egloff, karlegloff@yahoo.com.
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: 8707 Stockton Parkway. Bring your canoe or kayak (and lifejackets) to launch from this site and pick up trash while enjoying beautiful Little Hunting Creek. Your efforts are likely to be rewarded by seeing osprey and heron, maybe an eagle. Contact: Paul Siegel, paulnbets@zzapp.org.
9 a.m. to noon: Janna Lee Ave. bridge (off of Buckman Rd). Join Girl Scouts, county workers, and local residents to pick up trash at this site--it needs HELP! Contacts: Quentin Marovelli, quentin.marovelli@fairfaxcounty.gov, Kathy Lehner, kathy.lehner@gmail.com.
9 a.m. to noon: 3429 Little Hunting Creek Drive. Contact: David Gahart, gahart3429@cox.net.
What to Wear and Bring
Sturdy waterproof shoes or rubber boots or old sneakers (most sites are muddy)
Long pants and long sleeves (some areas have poison ivy)
Bring water.
We supply gloves and sturdy plastic bags.
Click here to see the Gum Springs site, before and after the 2006 clean-up.
