GUNSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOSTS TRAIL RIBBON CUTTING
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The Gunston Elementary School PTA will host a ribbon cutting ceremony April 9 at 9:00 a.m. for the new Gunston Elementary School / Meadowood Educational 1,240-foot loop trail. The event is open to the public. Meet at the trailhead behind the school at 10100 Gunston Road in Lorton. The Bureau of Land Management Lower Potomac Field Station provided the design, materials, labor and construction for the new trail.The trail takes you out of the schoolyard into a beautiful hardwood forest and wildflowers sprouting up after a long winter. For the more adventuresome, explore the nine miles of connecting scenic trails to enjoy a wide variety of natural habitats and wildlife, from forests to open meadows. All trails are open seven days a week from sunrise to sunset. For further information about the event, please contact PTAgunston@aol.com.The ribbon cutting is one of many events in the local area that will commemorate Earth Day held each year in April to mark the anniversary of what many consider to be the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Additional activities at the BLM Meadowood Recreation area for Saturday morning include:Announcement of the winners for the Gunston Elementary Recycled Art Contest. Mason Neck Lion's Club will sponsor a clean-up of the school's playing fields and open areas. 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.Help out with Potomac Watershed Clean-up Day. Volunteers will meet at BLM's Meadowood West Trailhead, 10207 Old Colchester Road. Wear old clothes and shoes for walking in the mud. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.Visit with archaeologists at an in-progress archaeological investigation of a site likely to have been used as a campsite by French troops on their way to Yorktown to fight the British in 1781. Meet at the Meadowood West Trailhead at 10207 Old Colchester Road for an easy seven minute walk to the site. For more information on BLM activities, contact jeff_mccusker@blm.gov. See you April 9!
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