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FOHMP
ANNUAL MEETING
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All Members
are encouraged to attend the FOHMP Annual
Meeting on Saturday, June 14, 7-9pm
at the HMP Visitor Center. We will have
a very short business meeting to share what
we have been involved with in the past year
and to hold elections. We will also be recognizing
those people who have become Lifetime Members
in the past year! There will be cake and
drinks followed by a walk on the boardwalk
led by FOHMP board members. Hope to see
you there!
Kathi McNeil, President FOHMP
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President’s
Message
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It’s a Monday morning
in April , it’s raining, and I’m
out in the Park checking Bluebird nestboxes.
The temperature is not too bad, so aside
from a slightly dampish feeling, it’s
pretty nice outside! What begins as a
dreary and damp morning, soon becomes
bright and memorable! The leaves have
just come out on most of the trees and
are a brilliant and clean green, brightening
up things considerably. I’ve met
one other person as I walk along the boardwalk
who points out an Orchard Oriole to me
– that is something that I don’t
see very often! I continue on, listening
to the drip, drip of the rain in the wetland.
Rain is the lifeblood of the HMP wetland.
I can feel the pulse of the life-giving
waters as they move under me. Everyone,
including me, feels so much better when
there is water in the wetland! It only
seems natural that it should be as such.
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Read
more in the current newsletter
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Bank
swallow
Photo courtesy Ed Eder
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Wetland
Restoration
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Park
Manager Walk and Talk
and Restoration Project Update
Saturdays,
4:00PM - 6:00PM
June 7
July 12
Huntley Meadows
Park Visitor Center
3701 Lockheed Blvd., Alexandria, Va. 22306
Join the park
manager for a walk in the wetland, brief
presentations and plenty of time for questions,
answers, discussion and project updates.
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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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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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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The
Invasives Management Area (IMA) program
at Huntley Meadows Park
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| The IMA
program, run by the Fairfax County Park Authority,
relies on community-based volunteers to remove
invasive plants from selected areas in County
parklands. The IMA site at Huntley Meadows
was established in 2007 and is located near
the Park’s Visitor center.
The program
is designed to restore forested riparian
buffer and upland forest, as well as develop
a cadre of knowledgeable, committed, skilled
volunteers.
Park staff
are working on removing invasives throughout
the park, but volunteers like you can participate
at the IMA site.
... click
here for more information...
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Great
Parks, Great Communities
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Authority is holding a series of meetings
to solicit citizen comments and input to an
initiative called 'Great Parks, Great Communities'.
This is a chance to let the Park Authority
hear what you have 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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Cliff
swallow
Photo courtesy Ed Eder
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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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