Friends of Huntley Meadows Park
Friends of Huntley Meadows Park was founded in 1985 as a nonprofit organization for the protection of Fairfax County’s wetland wildlife sanctuary with over 400 members.
Friends of Huntley Meadows Park is located at 3701 Lockheed Blvd in Alexandria, VA 22306. An array of nature activities for both young and old are offered to engage everyone with the purpose of protecting Fairfax County’s wetland wildlife.
Huntley Meadows Park is situated in wet lowland of the Potomac River providing a freshwater wetland for Fairfax County while purifying polluted water and preventing drastic results of floods and storms. The water from our households flow to streams that proceed to the watershed namely Dogue Creek, Barnyard Run and Little Hunting Creek flowing to Huntley Meadows Park therein providing clean water for the inhabitants of Huntley Meadows Park. With a plantation, research history and the like, 1,261 acres of Huntley Meadows Park was donated by President Gerald Ford in 1975 to the people of Fairfax County with the purpose of “exclusively for public park or public recreation purposes in perpetuity.” And in 1992, an additional 163 acres was purchased by the Park Authority.
Membership is offered to those interested in becoming a part of the Friends of Huntley Meadows Park at fees:
| Students | $10.00 |
| Senior | $10.00 |
| Individual | $15.00 |
| Family | $20.00 |
| Lifetime | $150.00 |
Proceeds of the membership shall be used on the maintenance of Huntley Meadows, providing skilled instructors for the education program, funding on Naturalist intern and many others including other benefits such as the opportunity of socializing with likeminded people with passion for outdoors and participate in exclusive member events, receive the quarterly newspaper and invitations to lectures pertaining to natural history and the environment.
For more information about Friends of Huntley Meadows Park, please visit http://huntleymeadowspark.org.
