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TRAIL PROJECTS Cub Run Connector Trails - This project consists of a paved trail, fair-weather crossing, and pedestrian bridge over Cub Run that will connect from Samuels Pine Rd. in the Pleasant Valley subdivision to the Cub Run RECenter and a paved trail and pedestrian bridge over Schneider Branch that connects from the Cub Run Stream Valley Park to the trails along Stonecroft Blvd. It will be completed this fall. Project Location - in Cub Run Stream Valley Park directly behind the Cub Run RECenter Accotink Stream Valley Trail, Lake Accotink Dam to Hunter Village Dr. - This project consists of 2.2 miles of paved trail, three bridges over Accotink Creek and a concrete underpass for Old Keene Mill Rd. It will be completed in fall of 2009. Project Location - in the Accotink Stream Valley Park directly south of Lake Accotink Park. The following projects will be under construction later this year: Lake Fairfax Natural Surface Trails - Project for improvements to four to five miles of the natural surface trails at Lake Fairfax park is now under design. Construction should begin late this year. Project location - Lake Fairfax Park Natural Surface Trail System for Land Bays J, K, and L in Laurel Hill Park - This project is for about seven miles of natural and stone dust trails in the Workhouse Hills, Equestrian Center and Apple Orchard Recreation Area sections of Laurel Hill Park. Construction should be complete by the end of the year. Project location - Laurel Hill Park in the vicinity of intersection of Furnace and Lorton Roads. National Trail Surface Study for Accessible Natural Surface Trails - This project is being done as part of a five year study in conjunction with the National Center on Accessibility at Indiana University. Seven different types of natural surface trails will be installed and monitored for 5 years to see which products hold up the best in this area of the country. Construction will take place this fall. Project location - Hidden Oaks Nature Center at Annandale Community Park. Lamond Bridge - This project consists of installation of a fiberglass bridge to improve access to Lamond Park from Admiral Drive. Construction should be complete by the end of the year. Project location - Lamond Park TRAILFEST ACTIVITY MAP Saturday, June 7, 2008 Most adults can remember a childhood filled with outdoor adventures. So many of us might leave our home in the morning and find wild places to explore until we were summoned back home for dinner. Obviously, the world is a very different place nowadays. The Internet has spawned a whole generation eager to spend the day in front of a computer screen, regardless of the sunshine beckoning from outside. Television is another culprit that often wins in a contest between indoor and outdoor experiences. And it would be naïve not to recognize the constraints of safety concerns in a world where both parents are off to work and our kids are sometimes safest behind a locked door. However the benefits of getting our children outside and in touch with nature are countless. Trailfest 2008 is a chance to head outside and onto our more than 300 miles of trails in Fairfax County. The Park Authority hopes that your entire family will head to a trail near you and spend the day in exploration. Find out about the flora and fauna that lives in a nearby stream valley. Watch wildlife in their habitat. Build self reliance by letting the youngest in the group trail blaze along the path or find a quiet spot beside a brook and listen to the birds or enjoy the solitude just beyond the reach of our urban environment. Here are three perspectives on the value of reaching out to children and helping them understand their place in the natural world. Parks are here for you to enjoy and appreciate. Trailfest 2008 is another opportunity to do just that. Leave No Child Indoors In fast-growing Fairfax County, parks and the wild outdoors preserved by parks are becoming increasingly important as connecting points between children and nature. In our parks, nature programs and nature camps, kids can come to their senses - hearing, smelling, seeing wonders at a distance and up close. Playing outdoors, they bend, climb, reach and move, using their whole bodies instead of just their thumbs on the remote control or the mouse. Park Authority Support for the No Child Left Inside Concept Resource stewardship is fundamental to the Fairfax County Park Authority’s mission. Key to the agency’s future success, are young people who understand, care about and care for Fairfax County’s natural and cultural resources. Children's Early Conservation Education is a Smart Investment Early childhood development may seem like an odd topic for the Fairfax County Park Authority Board to embrace, but as stewards of a diverse, 24,000 acre park system, each of us spends a good deal of time trying to understand the recreational needs of the people who live in our community. We need to know what our customers want. We need to provide what they need and we need to continue to cultivate a new customer base - in this case, our children.