On May 17, 2023, the Friends of Dyke Marsh hosted a presentation by Kasha Helget on the value of ticks and mosquitoes, how to identify them, their life cycles and eco-friendly management responses.
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On April 14, 2023, Dan Rauch, Fisheries and Wildlife Biologist for the Washington, D.C., government, led a walk, billed as a "riverside chat," in Dyke Marsh for 13 members of the Potomac Conservancy.
Many people delight in the ospreys’ spring return from their southern wintering grounds in Florida, the Caribbean and Central and South America to spots near water in Northern Virginia.
In June 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (ACE) proposed a “tentatively selected plan” to build a floodwall and levee in the Belle Haven, New Alexandria, Belle View and River Towers areas of Fairfax County near the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve.
A Summary of Comments Submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Proposed Belle Haven Floodwall and Levee
On August 29, 2022, the Friends of Dyke Marsh (FODM) submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE or Corps), requesting all comments and any suggested alternatives submitted to the Corps, on their Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and EA [IFR/EA] (May 2022) for the proposed Belle Haven floodwall and levee.
Each numbered item below links to the document described.
2. Fairfax County comments, redacted
3. DC Coastal Public comments - 280 pages - redacted
4. Arlington County comments, redacted
5. U.S. Environmental Protction Agency comments, redacted
6. Fairfax County Park Authority comments, redacted
7. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Baltimore District comments, Part 1, asking question, redacted
8. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Baltimore District comments, Part 2, redacted
9. George Washington Memorial Parkway comments
10. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority comments
11. National Marine Fisheries Service, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office comments, redacted
12. National Park Service comments, redacted
13. Virginia Department of Environmental Quality comments, redacted
14. Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources comments, redacted
