Dyke Marsh and Beyond

Mount Vernon Council Pushes Anti-Litter Plan

The goal is to make cleanups unnecessary.

There’s literally too much litter in Mount Vernon, say leaders of the Mount Vernon Council of Citizen Associations, and the county should adopt the Citizens’ Action Plan for Litter Prevention. At the initiative of the Council’s Environment and Recreation Committee, chaired by Elizabeth (Betsy) Martin, MVCCA is advocating a comprehensive strategy to combat litter and is asking the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to act. The key components of the anti-litter plan are these: In addition, MVCCA asks that the Board of Supervisors include in its 2013 legislative requests to the Virginia General Assembly additional measures: MVCCA passed a resolution in October 2011, maintaining that litter degrades property values, the environment and “…

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Betsy Martin Recognized for Fighting Litter

Alice Ferguson Foundation awards local environmental steward.

The Alice Ferguson Foundation (AFF) recognized Stratford Landing resident Elizabeth “Betsy” Martin as an environmental steward and litter prevention champion at the seventh annual Trash Summit in Silver Spring, Md., on Wednesday. “Elizabeth has partnered with us during the Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup for more than 10 years and last year she coordinated 10 sites along Little Hunting Creek,” said Lori Arguelles, AFF’s executive director. “Martin has engaged her community and raised awareness, building local stewardship efforts surrounding the litter problem. Though her cleanup efforts are extraordinary in themselves, what makes her a true champion is her continued work outside of cleanups.” Martin served on the advisory committee …

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