Photo courtesy of Little Hunting Creek Cleanup
Little Hunting Creek Cleanup from previous year.
Sen. Scott Surovell, Del. Paul Krizek and Supervisor Rodney Lusk are partnering with the Friends of Little Hunting Creek to sponsor the annual 2022 Little Hunting Creek Cleanup event on Saturday, April 30.
Little Hunting Creek is one of the most severely degraded streams in Fairfax County. In 2007, it was named “Fairfax County’s Trashiest Stream” by Fairfax County which spent over $50,000 of taxpayer funds removing trash. The area is impacted by a substandard stormwater system, a significant retail presence, a large concentration of apartments with trash containment problems and a large homeless population, which results in significant litter dispersal throughout the watershed.
Over the last 12 years, Surovell, Friends of Little Hunting Creek and their volunteers have removed 228 shopping carts, over 500 bags of trash, over a dozen bikes, over 60 tires and multiple car seats. Additionally, volunteers helped dispose of one large metal jungle gym, one bathtub, one bounce house, one lawn chair and numerous liquor and beer cans. An extensive cleanup such as this is not possible without the help of the Mount Vernon community who take time from their schedules to help improve the local environment.
Volunteers will spend the day removing trash, litter and debris from two sites in the uppermost watershed of the creek where it originates in Hybla Valley. Water, trash bags, and cleaning supplies will be provided to all volunteers. After the cleanup, volunteers are invited to participate in Cinco De Surovell at Fort Hunt Park.
There are many reasons to volunteer:
- Gain high school and middle school community service hours
- Gain education about local ecosystem shortcomings and impairments
- Raise community awareness of volunteerism and environmental protection with children
- Make your community a better place
Event Details: 2022 Little Hunting Creek Cleanup Saturday, April 30, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
RSVP at https://bit.ly/CreekCleanup2022
The cleanup will be staged from two locations:
- Janna Lee Avenue Little Hunting Creek Bridge: From Route 1 (at the intersection with Mount Vernon Memorial Highway), turn west onto Buckman Road, right on Janna Lee Ave to the bridge over Little Hunting Creek.
GPS Coordinates: 38.741070, -77.095512
- Mount Vernon Shopping Plaza Near Sherwin-Williams Paint Store: From Route 1, turn north on Fordson Road; the cleanup site is in the concrete channel adjacent to a Sherwin-Williams store in the northeast corner of Mount Vernon Plaza. Enter from Fordson Road, directly across from Mamma’s Kitchen (7601 Fordson Road)
GPS Coordinates: 38.749711, -77.089303
If you can attend, please RSVP at http://bit.ly/CreekCleanup2022 to ensure that enough clean up supplies and food are provided.
