13th Annual Family Stream Day in Ashburn Saturday

Bring your family and friends Loudoun County’s 13th Annual Family Stream Day,

The free event takes place this Saturday, Oct. 18 at Lyndora Park on Lucketts Bridge Circle in Ashburn from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Co-sponsored by the Loudoun Watershed Watch and the Loudoun Environmental Stewardship Alliance, the event is held once a year to “raise watershed awareness” by highlighting World Water Monitoring Day (Sept. 18, formerly Oct. 18 until 2007) and the anniversary of the Clean Water Act (Oct. 18).

Students and families can participate in interactive, hands-on activities that teach about local watersheds and the plants and animals supported by these streams and streamside habitats. Participants will also learn ways to test stream water quality and the various ways we benefit from and impact streams.

Participating Loudoun County government sectors and their stations include:

• Department of Building and Development: Erosion and Sediment Control Team – “Keeping Dirt In Its Place”
• Department of Building and Development: Water Resources Team – “What’s Wrong With this Picture? (Based on the Upper Broad Run Watershed Management Plan project)
• Department of General Services, Stormwater Management – “Make Your Mark”
• Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services – “Make Your Own Watershed”

For more information about Family Stream Day, visit www.loudounwatershedwatch.org.

Image: Broad Run. Courtesy of Loudoun County Government.