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NEW!
Summer-time in Winter Program Series
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Winter grays got you
down? Wondering if summer will ever return?
Join the Park Manager as we chase the
winter cold away with a series of sunny
presentations on dragonflies, meadow wildflowers
and bees! Bring the warmth of summer into
your winter nights with these colorful,
critter-filled presentations, all of which
have how-to handouts for backyard habitat
projects.
Thursday
January 15 - Flying Dragons
Thursday January 29 - Milkweeds,
Grasshoppers and Box Turtles
Thursday February 12 -
Bees and Bee Boxes at Home
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more info ~
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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.)
*February 28 - 3PM to 5PM*
*March 21 - 4PM to 6PM*
FREE
Join park manager Kevin Munroe on a walk.
Share questions and concerns about the
park, find out about the wetlands restoration
project and look for the wildlife for
which the park is well known.
Reservations required.
FREE
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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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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Friends
of Huntley Meadows
2008 Photo Contest
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Photos on exhibit through
February 28th in the auditorium.
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BIRDATHON
2008
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Photo courtesy of Ed Eder |
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VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES
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Computer
Consultant, Program Leader,
Weekend Desk Duty (VOD)
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Information~
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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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