Each year Fairfax County’s Environmental Quality Advisory Council (EQAC) holds a public hearing to obtain input on issues of environmental concern.  At these hearings, the public is encouraged to attend and share views on the state of the environment and to identify any environmental issues applicable to Fairfax County. GFCA President Bill Canis offered testimony at this year’s hearing that underlined our perspective on matters like the need to study the effects on the environment of our area’s population growth, expanded residential and commercial development in the area, and the increasing expansion of transportation and utility infrastructure. GFCA believes that unmanaged growth will result in ongoing sprawl, which represents a growing threat to Northern Virginia’s natural resources.

GFCA’s testimony focused on three key areas of concern. [Click here to read more.]