By Brian Trompeter
Community Task Force to Seek Ways to Protect Stream Valley in Tysons: Supervisor Walter Alcorn (D-Hunter Mill) announced at the July 25 Board of Supervisors meeting that he was creating a community-led task force to develop high-level strategies to preserve and enhance a stream valley in Tysons.
The group, which will consist of representatives of property owners and other community partners, will generate discussion and recommended actions to maximize the ecological benefits of the green corridor while maintaining appropriate human access to the area, he said.
Alcorn added he would welcome participation from other supervisors and their staffs.
“It’s going to be actually a fun exercise to really see how those ecological assets can be built upon and used for the broader community,” he said.
Planned as Fairfax County’s urban center, Tysons is split along Route 7 between Hunter Mill District to the west and Providence District to the east.
Alcorn wishes to protect a stream valley located just west of planned development in the Hunter Mill District section of Tysons that includes Old Courthouse Spring Branch, Ragland Road Park and 40 acres of forested land owned by the Fairfax County Park Authority. The land area is owned by several parties, Alcorn said.
“This green corridor is of great value to nearby residents, local businesses, visitors to the area and the numerous flora and fauna that make this stream valley their home,” Alcorn said.
