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cy’s Fraser Preserve near Great Falls. This one will also be guided by a park authority naturalist and is planned for adults and children eight and older.
There’s no charge. The preserve is at the end of Springvale Road north of Georgetown Pike. Again, reservations are required and may be made by calling the number above.
The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority is the agency responsible for the Washington & Old Dominion Trail, which is now paved from Shirlington to Purcellville and is open to pedestrian and bicycle traffic (there is also a parallel equestrian trail).
You can reach the trail beside the old granary in downtown Purcellville, at several locations as it bisects Leesburg and where it is intersected by (from west to east) routes 287, 704, 7 (at its junction with Route 9), 15, 659, 641, 28 and 637 in Loudoun County.
Of course, if you are blessed with a big enough yard, there’s nothing like a neighborhood touch football game to kindle an appetite
Saving the black-footed ferret
Unfortunately, the National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center just south of Front Royal is no longer open to the public, even on special occasions.
Until five years ago, there were open houses a couple of times a year and they were well worth the trip. Federal budget-cutting, says zoo spokesperson Mike Morgan, has
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