So, when my family found a beautiful new house bordering the Neabsco Creek wetlands in Woodbridge, VA in February 2010, I had no idea that it would evolve into a cause.
But, as the months progress, I watched the state of the little waterway behind my house deteriorate at a rapid pace. Of course, the builder of my community neglected to tell me how much debris and trash they had pulled out of the creek prior to selling my tiny community. Trash, pollution, trees, tires, construction trash...it is all here.
The problem is overwhelmingly bad...and this is the point just before the creek flows into the Potomac River, which then flows to the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. So, the problem of my little creek is a single example that is mirrored a thousand times in the US into the river that provides our drinking water. That thought makes me slightly ill.
This creek at the point I am monitoring it sits on Prince William County Park Authority property. So, this is blog is my journal of working with county officials and local non-profits and environmental groups to do my small part cleaning up the water...and my astonishment at the indifference from the people I thought were handling the problem.
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