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Check out this great interactive map and find out more about your local stream conditions! The County has recently completed a highly informative interactive map that allows you to fill in your address and find out answers to questions such … Continue reading
On February 1st, the Board of Supervisors will begin review of Loudoun’s proposed streamside protection ordinance, known as the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance (CBPO). Following the recent stakeholder process, some stakeholder representatives and members of the environmental community signed onto a letter that was submitted to the Loudoun Board of Supervisors regarding the outcome of the stakeholder process and recommendations for the environmental components of the Ordinance. Along with the letter, the groups submitted a matrix of issues and comments for additional consideration.
The Supervisors have asked for a variety of information from the staff as they begin their review. A timeline for the process has not yet been announced.
Here’s a video from the US Geological Survey about the nearby Patapsco River watershed in Maryland, and how the communities around the stream work together to understand stream biology, how residential development impacts a stream, and the actions we can all take to preserve and restore our streams.
Opponents of Loudoun’s Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance (CBPO) have made some pretty strong allegations in the past few months, especially when it comes to the subject of “Big Government.” Just check out the “comments” section of any anti-CPBO article online and you’ll find references to “the weight of massive government” crashing down on landowners.[i]
But where’s the evidence to back up the allegation that the CBPO will lead to Big Government in Loudoun? As far as we can tell, there isn’t any. And yet, Continue reading
Not only do students from Smart’s Mill Middle School in Loudoun understand watersheds and riparian buffers – they’re doing something with that knowledge. Many students have sent letters to their supervisors, urging them to adopt the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinance (CPBO) in Loudoun. Jada Iraia and Ilian Burgos, eighth graders at Smart’s Mill, wanted to speak before the Board of Supervisors at the June 21 public input session, but the meeting conflicted with their final band concert at school. Instead, with the help of one mom, they shot a video next to Tuscarora Creek, their neighborhood stream, urging the Board to adopt the CBPO.
As Ilian puts it, “we should strive hard to keep our environment clean and healthy so future generations can appreciate what we have.”
