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Park
Manager Walk & Talk
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Park
Manager Walk & Talk
and Wetland Project Update
- One Saturday each month
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Meet in the Huntley Meadows Park visitor
center
(off Lockhead Blvd.)
*August 23 - 5PM to 7PM*
*September 13 - 4PM to 6PM*
*October 25 - 4PM to 6PM*
FREE
We've had about a dozen Walk & Talks
so far - the staff look forward to continuing
these monthly walks throughout the summer
and fall.
This is a great opportunity to look for
evening wildlife (so far we've seen eagles,
herons, bitterns, tree frogs, dragonflies,
beaver and muskrat),
walk the wetland boardwalk with the park
manager and have one-on-one discussions
regarding ideas and updates on the restoration
project.
Visit
the county website, www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntley/restorationproject.htm
to view the following information:
Arial Photography, Topography
Map, Site Succession Time-line, May 30th
Public Forum: Power Points and Public
Comments, Project Guidelines and Components,
Conceptual Drawing, Site Plan Rough Draft
- viewing info. & discussion meetings,
Program Dates and Descriptions
For
more information, please call Huntley
Meadows Park at 703-768-2525, email the
park manager at
kevin.munroe@fairfaxcounty.gov or
stop by and visit us.
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Common
Whitetail Dragonfly
Photo courtesy Jerry McHale
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Wildlife
in Watercolors
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Paintings
by B.J. Opfer
June 29 - August 31
Huntley Meadows Park
Visitor Center
3701 Lockheed Blvd.
Alexandria, VA 22306
703 768-2525
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Who
We Are
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Founded
in 1985, Friends of Huntley Meadows Park is
a nonprofit organization of individuals dedicated
to the protection of Fairfax County's premier
wetland wildlife sanctuary. The more than
400 members represent an active influential
voice for the Park and for open space throughout
the county.
Officers:
President: Kathi McNeil
Vice President: Sarah Stromayer
Secretary: Glen Curtis
Treasurer: Sally Cureton
Newsletter Editor: Marianne Mooney |
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Acorn
Weavil
Photo courtesy Ed Eder
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Great
Parks, Great Communities
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Authority has held a series of meetings to
solicit citizen comments and input to an initiative
called 'Great Parks, Great Communities'. This
was a chance to let the Park Authority hear
what you had to say about parks. More information
is found on the following Park Authority website,
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/plandev/greatparks.htm
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BIRDATHON
2008
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Photo courtesy of Ed Eder |
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All Friends
of Dyke Marsh member meetings are open to
the public. They feature an expert speaker
who will discuss a topic relevant to Dyke
Marsh. Meetings are held at the Huntley
Meadows Visitor Center, 3701 Lockheed Boulevard,
Alexandria, VA 22306 and begin at 7:30 p.m.
The meetings will be on September 17 and
November 19.
Visit Friends
of Dyke Marsh
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The
Park
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3701 Lockheed Blvd.
Alexandria, Va. 22306
703-768-2525
Nestled
in Fairfax County's Hybla Valley, Huntley
Meadows Park is
a rich, natural island in the vast suburban
sea of Northern Virginia. Its 1,424
acres harbor majestic mature forests,
wildflower speckled meadows and acres
of wetlands bursting with life. It is
ideal wildlife habitat for beaver, otter,
heron, ducks, deer, many songbird and
butterfly varieties, as well as a host
of other animals.
Operated
by the Fairfax
County Park Authority , Huntley
Meadows is forever preserved in a natural
state for hiking, biking, wildlife watching,
relaxing and discovering.
Facilities
include a Visitor Center with exhibits
and auditorium, a 1/2 mile boardwalk wetland
trail, 2-mile interpretive trail system
and wildlife observation tower
Click
Here for Visitor Center Hours and Directions
to the Park .
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