Archive for September 2008
Visitor Centers v. Natural Habitats at the Occoquan Bay Refuge
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is proposing to build a visitor center at the Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge (the former Harry Diamond Lab at the end of Dawson Beach Road in Woodbridge).
The Occoquan Refuge is 644 acres of wetlands, meadows and forests located at the confluence of the Occoquan River and Potomac River. With all that water, it’s tough to beat this site for wildlife watching.
As currently proposed, a visitor center building would cover a quarter-acre and a new parking lot would be needed for most sites that were considered. The Service preferred alternative – in the riparian forest along Marumsco Creek – would also require construction of a new road from the front gate. Read the rest of this entry »
