“Taking Out the Trash” FOTO’s 2010 Spring Clean-up of the Occoquan Watershed Prince William County & Fairfax County, Virginia
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On Saturday April 10, 2010 the Friends of the Occoquan conducted their Spring Cleanup of the Occoquan Watershed.Over 200 volunteers combed the banks of the Occoquan River picking up trash and other debris. This event was part of the 10th Annual Friends of the Occoquan and the Alice Ferguson Foundation 22nd Potomac River Watershed Clean-Up Day. Collectively, 225 bags of trash, numerous tires, four barrel, gasoline tanks, furnitures and various other waste articles were retrieved and properly disposed.This is very significant since the Occoquan Reservoir is a major source of our drinking water here in Northern Virginia. There were five major sites for the cleanup: Bull Run Marina, Fountain Head Regional Park, Lake Ridge Marina, Occoquan Regional Park and the Town of Occoquan.
Other organizations that participated in this successful event were the Bull Run Rotary, Lake Braddock Secondary School, South County Secondary School, Osborne Park High School, Woodbridge High School and Jr ROTC, Lake Braddock Crew Boosters, Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District, George Mason University, Boy Scouts of America, Troops 1369 & 857, and Girl Scout Troop 932 & 2063. Other partners in this event included the Fairfax Water, Fairfax Clean Council, Prince William Clean Council, Prince William Park Authority, Prince William County Service Authority, Prince William Trails and Streams Coalition, Northern Virginia Park Authority, OWL, Virginia American Water, Virginia Paving Company, and the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. Contact: Alex Vanegas, CPM , Executive Director Phone: (703) 624-7847
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Occoquan River Spring Cleanup Day—Saturday, April 10, 2010
Make a difference and help preserve one of our region’s most important natural resources! Come meet other volunteers at one of five sites: Bull Run Marina—12619 Old Yates Ford Rd., Clifton, VA 20124
John Rothrock(703) 887-1124
Fountainhead Park—10875 Hampton Rd., Fairfax Station, VA 22039 Bob Lerch(703) 489-0127
Lake Ridge Marina—12350 Cotton Mill Drive, Lake Ridge, VA 22192
Renate G. Vanegas(703) 674-6659 Occoquan Regional Park— 9751 Ox Road, Lorton, VA 22079 Alex Vanegas(703) 674-7847
Town of Occoquan—314 Mill Street, Occoquan, VA 22125
Claudia A. Cruise(703) 491-1918, Ext. 11
Canoe & Kayak Clean Up Below Lake Jackson Dam-Hinson Mill LanePlease contact Ed Dandar for details (703) 791-6158
