First Crow’s Nest trash pick-up a success Save Crow’s Nest held its first Crow’s Nest trash pick-up on Saturday, July 21st. Braving the heat, bugs and weeds, volunteers from Save Crow’s Nest were joined by Stafford candidates for Supervisor Harry Crisp (George Washington), Jerry Kirven (Rock Hill) and Bob Woodson (Griffis-Widewater), as well as Senate candidate Albert Pollard (28th District). A total of… Read More
Supervisors Effectively Kill Legislation that Could Have Helped Protect Crow’s Nest In a 4-3 vote, the Board of Supervisors voted on June 5th against sending the Water Resource Overlay ordinance to a public hearing before the Board. Instead, after sitting on it for more than a year, they sent it back to the Planning Commission for a third time. That move effectively kills the legislation by… Read More
Development on Crow’s Nest Moves Forward On Monday, April 2, Stafford Lakes LP (also known as K&M Properties) submitted a plan for the development of nearly 300 acres on Crow’s Nest. The proposed subdivisions and construction of more than sixty homes will be done on areas previously designated by the owners as “open space” in earlier development plans, and includes acreage… Read More
Stafford Lakes LP Continues Activities on Crow’s Nest Even though the Stafford County Board of Supervisors has filed to purchase a portion of Crow’s Nest through eminent domain, Stafford Lakes LP (the property owner) is continuing activities on Crow’s Nest. Following a recent Stafford Circuit Court ruling that allows Stafford Lakes LP to clear and grade land on Crow’s Nest to conduct percolation… Read More
Supervisors Initiate Eminent Domain Proceedings On Friday, November 17, 2006 Stafford County announced it filed a petition for eminent domain proceedings to acquire 2800 acres of the Crow’s Nest peninsula for a “public park for passive recreational purposes.” (Read the local news story and the state news story.) This action follows through on a unanimous vote taken nearly five months… Read More
Save Crow’s Nest at Middle School Environmental Summit On Wednesday, November 9th, members of Save Crow’s Nest presented a display and spoke on a panel at an environmental summit for middle school students held at Stafford County’s Rodney Thompson Middle School. (Read the news story.) Middle school students from Rodney Thompson, King George Middle School, Spotsylvania Freedom Middle School and Mariner Middle School… Read More
Judge Rules Against County and the Protection of Crow’s Nest Judge Braxton of the Stafford Circuit Court has prohibited the County from enforcing its soil and erosion control ordinance, allowing Stafford Lakes LP to move forward with clearing and grading in order to conduct drain field site tests on Crow’s Nest. (Read the news story.) The Judge acted on lawsuits filed by both the County… Read More
Citizen Action Helps Bring Relic Hunt on Crow’s Nest to a Halt QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED; PERMANENT PROTECTION FOR CROW’S NEST STILL NEEDED Once again, the Stafford Board of Supervisor’s lack of action to protect Crow’s Nest has left the resources on the peninsula vulnerable to irreparable damage. (Read the SCN press statement.) On Friday morning October 27, Save Crow’s Nest (SCN) confirmed that over 150 relic hunters in… Read More
Effort to Save Crow’s Nest Inspires Award-Winning Art Inspired by the ongoing effort to preserve the Crow’s Nest peninsula, Scarlett Pons-Suhy, a member of “Save Crow’s Nest” produced a photographic collage piece entitled “60 Acres a Day.” Her artwork was recently awarded first prize in the mixed media category as part of “Uniquely Fredericksburg,” a juried art exhibit. As she says in her… Read More
Lawsuits Filed Regarding Illegal Clearing and Grading on Crow’s Nest In September, a “Save Crow’s Nest” complaint led to county action to stop illegal clearing and grading on the Crow’s Nest peninsula (see below). Stafford Lakes LP, the corporation cited in the County’s stop work order, has filed a lawsuit in Stafford Circuit Court appealing the County’s actions. (Read the Stafford Lakes’ “Complaint for Declaratory… Read More