Erosion along the Taylor Run stream banks. (Photo/Missy Schrott)
Protecting the environment is not easy, nor cheap. A person or entity can say they’re for environmental protection – or for a city to even have an Eco City designation – but then fail to prioritize the environment when making their choices.
In our opinion, the City of Alexandria has talked the talk but failed to walk the walk on issue after issue for some time.
In just the last few years, environmental preservation has taken a back seat when the city has made decisions about where to place the Potomac Yard Metro Station, the development of a pristine forest at Karig Estates, the chopping down of the 150-year-old pin oak at the high school and the use of destructive natural channel design to do stream “restoration” projects.