Are you looking for a way serve your community and get outside? This Saturday we’ll be on Upper Long Branch in Bailey’s Crossroads hosting our final sponsored community clean up of the calendar year. This is a great opportunity for kids that need community service hours for school or anyone who wants to improve the health of our watershed!

Upper Long Branch flows into Four Mile Run which is a tributary of the Potomac. If the plastic and other litter is left there it will make its way to the Chesapeake Bay and ultimately the Atlantic Ocean.

The clean up will go from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and we’ll meet at the end of Magnolia Ave. in Falls Church. The easiest way to find it is to put the intersection of Glen Carlyn Rd. and Magnolia Ave. into your GPS and then follow Magnolia down until the end and park on the side of the street. (There are some screenshots of the map at the bottom of this post.)

Upper Long Branch is a rocky, shallow creek so hard rubber boots that can get wet and muddy are highly recommended! We’ll provide all the clean up supplies- bags, gloves, and some trash grabbers. Please bring your own reusable water bottle, we will have a water jug on hand for refills!

If you have question about the clean up please email cfc@cleanfairfax.org. We are looking forward to seeing everyone Saturday morning!