{"id":29,"date":"2017-06-23T15:26:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hmdl.site\/?p=29"},"modified":"2017-06-23T15:26:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T15:26:52","slug":"parks-and-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmdl.site\/index.php\/2017\/06\/23\/parks-and-trails\/","title":{"rendered":"Parks and Trails"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are a Hunter Mill Rd area resident or someone who uses the lovely and historic VA SCENIC BY WAY\u00a0 Hunter Mill Rd on a regular basis and have any environmental concerns about keeping (and improving it!)… think WATER, and check the Stream Monitoring Activities Calendar and associated web sites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many trails go through the Hunter Mill Corridor. In addition to local neighborhood trails, Hunter Mill is crossed by the W&OD Trail<\/a>, the Cross County Trail<\/a>\u00a0 which runs from the southern end of the County to the northern end and touches all districts , and the Rails to River Trail<\/a>,\u00a0 which connects the W&OD Trail, Lake Fairfax Park, Leesburg Pike, Great Falls National Park, and the Potomac River.\u00a0 See below for a listing of local trails.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other Links of interest include:
\nFriends of the W&OD Trail<\/a>
\nFairfax Trails and Streams<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Environment<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

In light of\u00a0the recent developments, or should I say, imminent decisions in regard to “development” at HM & 267,\u00a0 I hope we take pains to insist on answers to questions not only regarding traffic, schools, security, but also the regional commitment regarding the Chesapeake Bay preservation.\u00a0 Virginia along with Maryland and DC are committed to preserving and restoring the natural resource value of the Bay.\u00a0 Fairfax comprehensive planning and land use must\u00a0 be consistent with that commitment.\u00a0 Densification of buffer areas, such as the land in question, \u00a0is a serious challenge, if not an absolute threat, to storm water drainage and water quality management.\u00a0 Merely sending it all downstream is not an option.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bob Ruedisueli, HMDL Environmental Committee<\/span><\/div>\n

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Our Streams<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Hunter Mill Rd corridor residents, travelers and other neighbors interested in the role our watersheds play in the health of our environment:\u00a0 Note that HM Rd (with two major stream crossings, one at the one-lane bridge crossing at Colvin Run near the northern end of the HM Rd, the other,\u00a0 Difficult Run, on the southern leg of HM Rd, just south of the W&OD Trail crossing)
\nstraddles the largest watershed in Fairfax County.\u00a0 Difficult Run Watershed, in turn, drains into the Potomac and on out to the environmentally sensitive and critical Chesapeake Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are interested in getting more closely acquainted with either Colvin Run or Difficult Run, in the vicinity of Hunter Mill Rd, consider walking the streams themselves and perhaps joining in one or more of the stream clean-up efforts planned for this fall. If you are interested this effort please contact Bob Ruedisueli,\u00a0 Hunter Mill Defense League Environment Committee chair at 703-757-6989 or 301-227-5093.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are a Hunter Mill Rd area resident or someone who uses the lovely and historic VA SCENIC BY WAY\u00a0 Hunter Mill Rd on a regular basis and have any environmental concerns about keeping (and improving it!)… think WATER, and check the Stream Monitoring Activities Calendar and associated web […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9kJxC-t","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmdl.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmdl.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmdl.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmdl.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmdl.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hmdl.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/hmdl.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmdl.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmdl.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmdl.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}