Mission Statement

Our organization is made up of friends and neighbors from Northern Virginia. Quander Brook is a small, spring fed watershed that meanders through the Spring Bank neighborhood of the Mount Vernon District of Fairfax County. In 2005, the stream is suffering from years of neglect due to either non-existant or poor storm water management techniques that have seriously impacted on the overall health and function of this once viable and clean brook. The headwaters of Quander Brook begin as a series of 3 spring fed streams that originate in 3 areas of the Spring Bank neighborhood. The individual streams join and become one at the north end of the neighborhood before flowing under Quander Road. From there Quander Brook flows on the east side of Richmond Highway and meanders through Belle Haven parklands before crossing under Huntington Avenue and Fort Hunt Road and emptying into Hunting Creek south of Old Town Alexandria, VA. Quander Brook is part of the Belle Haven watershed which in turn is part of the Potomac River watershed a sub-watershed to the six state Chesapeake Bay watershed. It is our mission to restore the stream to the pristine condition that once attracted Native Peoples to camp along its banks, farmers to draw its waters to grow crops and Union soldiers to quench their thirsts from nearby fortifications. By accomplishing this mission Quander Brook will once again provide the ecological services of all sub-watersheds to filter, cool and cleanse the waters passing on to the next watershed and to provide habitat and sustenance to wildlife as well as recreation to members of the human community.