How to save habitats before paving over them
As the climate crisis worsens, we must take action to reduce and capture carbon emissions and plan development in urban areas with an eye toward both climate resiliency, sustainability, and protecting our environment. Tradeoffs can be challenging. Learn about the proposed Cinder Bed Road Bikeway and how the planning process for this planned bikeway is currently failing to protect a globally rare habitat in Fairfax County.
This May 6 webinar was co-sponsored by Nature Forward, Northern Virginia Bird Alliance (formerly Audubon Society of Northern Virginia), Friends of Accotink Creek, Sierra Club Great Falls Group, Virginia Native Plant Society Potowmack Chapter, and Friends of Little Hunting Creek.
The webinar slides are here.
Watch a brief video about the rare acidic seepage swamp
Alan Ford, president of Virginia Native Plant Society, Potowmack Chapter, explains how the rare acidic seepage swamp through which the bikeway is to be built was formed and advocates its protection.
