Reference Documents

References on the Web

• “Accotink Creek Watershed Management Plan (Final)” dated January 2011 (http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/watersheds/accotinkcreek.htm)  Turkey Run is in the Mainstem 3 area. See projects AC9211, AC9212, and AC9213 on pages 5-283 through 5-293 and maps 2-13 through 2-15.
• “ Turkey Run @ Truro Subdivision Stream Restorationt” (https://www.slideshare.net/fairfaxcounty/turkey-run-at-truro-subdivision-stream-restoration-84077110) A Fairfax County power point  summary of the project.
• “A Function-Based Framework for Stream Assessment & Restoration Projects” dated May 2012 (https://streammechanics.egnyte.com/h-s/20120607/9543397d47a24438) This is a lengthy technical document with good background for stream restoration. The Table of Contents is helpful at finding specific topics of interest.

Truro Trails Articles

There have been brief mentions of this proposed project in most issues of Truro Trails from 2012 through 2017.  The following articles have more detail:

• October 2010—”Accotink Watershed Management: Draft Plan Unveiled”
• November 2010—”Truro Comments to Fairfax County on Stream Restoration Projects”
• June 2012 – “Why We Need to Take Care of Turkey Creek” , by Michael Adkins
• October 2012—”Turkey Run Restoration Project”
• November 2012—”Turkey Run Restoration—Status and Process”
• November 2012—”Turkey Run Restoration—What You Need to Know”
• January 2013 – “Special General Membership Meeting, November 28,2012, Turkey Run Restoration Project”
• January 2013 – “Turkey Run Restoration – The Legal Issues”, by the THA Board of Directors
• February 2013 – “Turkey Run Stream Restoration Wins Community Support Vote”
• February 2013 – “Meeting for THA Turkey Run Vote, January 16, 2013”
• October 2013 – “Turkey Run Stream Restoration Project – What’s New? What’s Happening?”
• September 2014 – “Turkey Run Stream Restoration Project – Progress!!”
• March 2015 – “Parkland – Turkey Run Stream Restoration Project”
• December 2015 – “Turkey Run Stream Restoration Project – Update”
• March 2016 – “Turkey Run Stream Restoration Project – What’s New?”
• September 2016 – “Construction Coming”
• June 2017 – “Turkey Run Stream Project [Bang!] Construction [Bang!! BANG!!!]”
• September 2017 – “Turkey Run Stream Restoration Project … When Will it End?”
• December 2017 – “We Have Our Parkland Back!”