Tag: environment

To the editor: Cities and “natural stream restoration” contractors are cheating the Chesapeake Bay by inflating the environmental credits they get for stream restoration projects....

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Is reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay worth cutting down 269 trees in Alexandria? This is the question at the...

To the editor: I read with interest the opinion published in your last edition, entitled “Wrong approach for stream restoration.” Bashing Dave Rosgen’s natural stream...

To the editor: The biggest problem with the so-called natural channel design approach to stream “restoration” for us in the greater Washington D.C. region is...

To the editor: Above the Port City in a rarefied air, there stood a noble oak tree at once luminous and fair. For seven score and 10 years long, the...

To the editor: On Sept. 2, an “Eco City” that has been designated a “Tree City,” along with Alexandria City Public Schools, had a beautiful...

I was the stately, towering pin oak that was cut down to make room for a concession stand for the new sports stadium at...

The emphasis of the COVID-19 pandemic has necessarily been on treatment for the sick and preventative measures to slow the spread of the virus....

Alexandria’s elected leaders must make difficult decisions that often involve tradeoffs – and those choices seldom leave all sides happy. But when a clear...

To the editor: The Virginia Department of Forestry and federal partners within the state are preparing for what could be a severe fall wildfire season...