EnviroPod features subject matter experts from the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services talking about important environmental topics focused on what residents can do and what the county is doing to fulfill its environmental vision.
Grassland Birds at the I-95 Landfill Complex: EnviroPod #52
In Episode #52 of EnviroPod, host Bob DeMarco sits down with guest Blair Evancho of the Solid Waste Management Program, who describes the unique habitat of the closed-and-capped portion of the I-95 Landfill in Lorton that is supporting a wide variety of bird species. According to a recent DPWES study led by Evancho, endangered grassland bird species such as the Eastern meadowlark, the bobolink and the grasshopper sparrow are thriving there. Evancho describes the I-95 Landfill Complex as an important part of saving en
