An Ex-stream-ly Fun Day at Claude Moore Park

Date: October 17th, 10am-3pm Claude Moore Park

Learn to "think globally and act locally" at a popular annual event presented by the Loudoun Watershed Watch.

The Loudoun Watershed Watch is a consortium of citizen groups, local, and state agencies whose mission is to protect our most precious resource—water. On Saturday, Oct. 17 Loudoun Watershed Watch will join with the Loudoun Environmental Stewardship Alliance to host the Eighth Annual Family Stream Day at Claude Moore Park from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. This celebration is a fun, free, educational event designed to teach children and their parents about our local waters and the habitats they support.

This year’s Family Stream Day will feature several kids’ games, arts and crafts, a nature walk, a show by Reptiles Alive, and a passport with interactive stations. Participants will learn about stream monitoring, soil erosion, smart landscaping, storm water drainage, and water conservation. Through hands-on discovery, they will gain insight on how their actions affect the waters of the world, and how it is important to “think globally and act locally.”

Winners of the Poster, Prose, and Poetry Contest will be announced at noon, and the grand prize is a $30 gift certificate. Parking for Family Stream Day will be available at the Heritage Farm Museum.

The Lanesville House and the Frogshackle Nature Center will also be open on Oct. 17. If you have not been to the Lanesville House yet, it is certainly worth a visit. Named for the Lane family, who owned the 1,000 acres on which it sits, the home was used as an ordinary for travelers along Vestal’s Gap Road and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Frogshackle Nature Center is an 1860s log cabin that was moved to Sterling from Ashburn by Claude Moore, and it’s a treasure trove of objects from nature.

Oct. 17 promises to be a fun and informative day at Claude Moore Park! Come visit nature’s gem in our own backyards.