The Goose Creek Association is a nonprofit 501C3 organization of over six hundred members from Loudoun and Fauquier counties who share a determination to protect and preserve the natural resources, historic heritage and rural quality of life found in this beautiful part of Virginia.

The Association does its work through an active board charged with monitoring stream water quality, proposed developments, legislation, zoning changes, and other actions that have potential impact on the environment and quality of life in this region, and taking steps through educational forums to forestall or encourage these accordingly.

We actively support the work of other like-minded regional groups both in spirit and with financial support. And we work to unite with the many conservation and preservation efforts to provide a unified voice for conservation/preservation-minded citizens in the area.

The Goose Creek Association protects and preserves the natural resources, open space, historic heritage, and rural quality of life within the Goose Creek watershed.

Click the MAP below to view a Map of Goose Creek (.pdf 1.66 MB)

Founded in 1970 to fight the discharge of sewage effluent into Goose Creek, today the Goose Creek Association is involved in a number of critical issues on both the local and state levels to maintain and improve the quality of the Goose Creek watershed through:

• Advocacy of conservation easements and purchase development rights programs in both Loudoun and Fauquier
• Support of the designation of historic rural villages and preservation of farmland in Loudoun and Fauquier
• Protection of rural roads through the formation of Cromwell’s Run and Little River Historic Districts in Fauquier County and the Beaverdam Creek Historic Roadways District in Loudoun County.

Beginning in 2001, the Association committed to an assessment of the status of and protecting and preserving the entire Goose Creek watershed, which covers much of Loudoun and Fauquier counties.

2011-2012

Chair:
Katherine “Butter” Strother, Fauquier

Vice Chairman:
Florence "Lori" Keenan, Fauquier

Chair Emerita:
Janet Whitehouse

Members:
Albert Barber, Secretary
Mona Botwick
Jilann Brunette
Patty Callahan
Penny Denegre
Mary Dunbar
Mary Jo Jackson
Nathalie H. Kaye
Paul Lawrence
Julie Malone
Jeff Millington
Sam Morgan
Regan Pickett
Justin Pistore
G. Colvin Ryan
Barbara Scott
Emily Southgate
Mark Thompson, Treasurer
Meredith Whiting

Advisory Committee:
Jolly DeGive
Howard Lewis III
Pat Mc Ilvaine
Tom Turner
Jeff Wolinski


Executive Administrator:
VASOS Regional Coordinator/Trainer; Stream Monitor Leader
Andrea Rosse

GCA has:

• Partnered with other members of the conservation community to achieve Scenic River status for the Fauquier portion of the Goose Creek.
• Cromwells Run received its Rural Historic Designation in December 2008.
• The Little River Historic Distric should be completed in the Spring of 2012.
• Expanded our stream monitoring program with 19 certified monitors at 19 locations in Fauquier and Loudoun counties on Goose Creek, Hungry Run and Little River.
• Partner with the Loudoun County Preservation Conservation Coalition.
• Held successful 6th Annual Education Outreach Forum, “Clean Water & Clear Streams: A Decade of Progress & the Challenges Ahead in March 2011.
• Held successful 5th Annual Education Outreach Forum, “Preserving our Rural Landscape: A Tool Kit” in March 2010.
• Attended water summits and stakeholder meetings at the County and State levels.
• Supported Land Trust of Virginia in its outreach to landowners on the Goose Creek river hoping to promote conservation easements on the watershed.
• Provided educational materials at several environmental events to include Earth Day in Loudoun County and Family Stream Day in Loudoun County.
  
• Held our Annual Meeting in June featuring the documentary “Shenandoah:  Voices of the River” with a presentation by the Producer and Downstream Project Founder, George Ohrstrom.
• Sponsored a successful ad campaign to alert Fauquier Citizens about litter pick up along our roadways.
• Held a popular stream monitoring educational event for the youth from the Middleburg Orange County Beagle group in October, 2011.

Our Goals for 2011 – 2012:

• Continue and expand upon the accomplishments of 2010.
• Partner with the Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition to bring water quality concerns to the Loudoun Board of Supervisors and the Virginia General Assembly.
• Encourage landowners along the Goose Creek and its tributaries to provide water quality protection through riparian buffers and conservation easements.
• Promote educational outreach programs.
• GCA Board will continue to work on our Goals and Mission for the future and address strategy session priorities throughout the year.