[BSW] Idea for an October 13 walk and conservation day

[Kathy Bilton]

Impromptu field trip this Saturday, October 13 at 10 a.m.

Contact Rod if you have questions.
Rod Simmons <simmons22041 at gmail.com>

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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:42:47 -0400
From: Rod Simmons <simmons22041 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Idea for an October walk and conservation day

No worries for size limits - all are welcome!  These sites can easily
accommodate large groups.  We used to use these areas for the Arlington
Regional Master Naturalist fall training classes.

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 1:39 PM Rod Simmons <simmons22041 at gmail.com> wrote:
       How about an impromptu field trip this Saturday, October 13 at
       10:00 am at Daingerfield Island?  Meet at the large south
       parking lot just south of the marina.  The weather is supposed
       to be gorgeous.

This is a beautiful area with tremendous native biodiversity.  We can
walk along the Daingerfield Island freshwater tidal marsh to the tidal
channel at the boardwalk and see the tidal channel flow under the
GWMP.  Then we can simply walk across the GWMP to Potomac Greens Park
and walk the old tidal channel up to the boardwalk loop at Potomac
Greens Park.  From this point, I can get us out to the GWMP and across
to Daingerfield Island near the cove and not far from the parking lot.

Elaine and I checked the west side wetlands out last Friday and there
was a lot of diversity, tons of lepidopteran pollinators, and
some plants needing documentation.

Saturday's field trip, if we do it, could be a jointly sponsored
Virginia Native Plant Society, Potowmack Chapter; ECA, Botanical
Society of Washington, and Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation field
trip.  

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 5:16 PM Erin Winograd <Erin at winograd.us>
wrote:

       Hi, everyone.  As we're closing in on October's second
       weekend, I wanted to check whether we're going to do the
       three-location walk & invasives pull this month. 

       If possible, I'd like to do it before October 29, when
       VDEQ's public comment period on Alexandria's request to
       destroy the Potomac Greens Park wetlands expires.  My hope
       is that exposing people to Potomac Greens Park will
       inspire them to tell VDEQ that they oppose the city's
       plans.  With that in mind, it also would be great to make
       Potomac Greens the first stop on the trail.

       No worries if our experts' October schedules can't fit
       this excursion.

       Cheers,
       Erin   


       -------- Original Message --------
       Subject: Idea for an October walk and conservation day
       From: Dean Arkema <jdarkema at gmail.com>
       To: Rod Simmons <cecropia13 at msn.com>, Rod Simmons
       <Rod.Simmons at alexandriava.gov>, Kurt Moser
       <ecomoser at gmail.com>, Donna Murphy <d at mmurphy.net>, Kurt
       Moser <kmoser at fourmilerun.org>, Erin Winograd
       <Erin at winograd.us>, Margaret Chatham
       <margaret.chatham at verizon.net>, Laura Beaty
       <laurabeaty at mac.com>, Alonso Abugattas
       <alonsolucy at aol.com>
       Date: Sun Sep 23 2018 21:25:34 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard
       Time)
       Hi, all--Rod mentioned some ideas for the October
       walk, and I'd like to keep the ball rolling on that.
       He thought of something that combined three of the
       (smaller, in some cases) areas in Alexandria along
       with some of the invasives pulling that we missed bc
       of the rain today.  Dyke Marsh, another shot at Four
       Mile Run, etc.

The idea would be that we would start at 9 or so, spend an
hour here, a couple hours there, etc., combining a
perspective on some of the overlooked areas with hands-on
for some of the invasives.

Alonso, is there a place that you would like to add for
Arlington?  I was thinking of asking Matt Bright about an
activity at Marie Butler Leven Preserve, but also no
reason to cram too much into one day. We would give folks
the option of signing up for one or more of the sites, to
spread people out a bit, too.

Thoughts?

Dean