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2013 Annual Family Stream Day

Saturday, October 19, 2013 
11:00 am to 3:00 pm 
Loudoun Water, 44865 Loudoun Water Way, Ashburn, VA 20146


Theme: "Stream Dreams and Aquatic Adventures"


Check out the photos from the event!

Download the Flier (10/02)

Download the Press Release (10/02)


Pick up Passport at the first Station when you arrive. Visit all Stations to get stamped and complete your passport.

On Saturday, October 19 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, the 12th annual "Family Stream Day" will be held at Loudoun Water’s Aquiary Facility in Ashburn. This year's event is co-hosted by the Loudoun Environmental Stewardship Alliance (LESA) and will offer a number of family-friendly hands-on activities that relate to the health of county streams. Activity booths will be outside if weather permits and inside in the Loudoun Water Conference Room if weather is inclement or too windy so prepare to stop by rain or shine and have a great time. Audubon Naturalist
Stations
 
The day's events will include:
  • Outdoor nature walks (weather permitting)
  • Macroinvertebrate (stream/pond critters) collection and identification
  • Soil erosion activities
  • Tree identification
  • Stormwater management
  • Water quality testing
  • Watersheds and finding your watershed address
  • Water conservation
Poster, Prose and Photography Contest This years theme is "Stream Dreams and Aquatic Adventures", Entries are due october 9th for the contest. Grand prize is a $25 certificate for top three entries provided by Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District!
Download the 2013 Contest guidelines here (10/02). 


Event Hosts include: Loudoun Watershed Watch and Loudoun Environmental Stewardship Alliance (LESA). 

Event Partners [tentative list] include: Loudoun Water, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, The Nature Generation (formerly the Newton Marasco Foundation), Loudoun County agencies, Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District, Piedmont Environmental Council, Audubon Naturalist Society, Claude Moore Park, , Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, Girls Scout, Goose Creek Association and other Loudoun Watershed Watch member organizations.

Loudoun Water
Nature Walk on Chapman-deMary Trail
Testing stream water quality
Nature Generation

 

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