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Click on a watershed name in the map or in
the list below to find completed plans, plans in development and
to get involved in your watershed.
Announcements - Upcoming Draft Plan Forums
Fairfax County is pleased to
announce that draft watershed management plans are now available for
review. If you have received a postcard indicating that a
proposed project is located in your vicinity, please click on the
relevant watershed name on the map or in the list below. Online
comment forms will be forthcoming as each plan’s forum date
approaches.
- Belle Haven, Dogue Creek and Four Mile Run Draft Plan
- Little Rocky Run and Johnny Moore Creek Draft Plan
- Lower Occoquan Draft Plan
- Nichol Run and Pond Branch Draft Plan
- Pohick Creek Draft Plan
- Sugarland Run and Horsepen Creek Draft Plan
What Is a Watershed and Why Are
Watersheds Important?
A watershed is an area of land that drains to a particular water body,
such as a lake or river. No matter where you live, work, or play you are
within a watershed.
You and Your
Watershed
From your backyard to the Chesapeake Bay, what occurs in your
neighborhood affects the water quality downstream.
What Watershed Do I Live
In?
Use your address in the "My Neighborhood" application to find
out which watershed you live in.
Get Involved In Your
Watershed
Fairfax County is developing comprehensive watershed management plans
for each of the county's 30 watersheds. A watershed management plan
serves as a tool to identify and address the issues affecting our
environment and to protect and restore the county's streams and other
water resources.
Policy and Action
Recommendations
Over 300 policy and action recommendations were made in the first six
watershed management plans.
Goals and
Objectives
Fairfax County has developed goals and objectives for the watershed
management planning process.
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