On March 24, 2025, FODM volunteers planted 50 native black willow (Sali nigra) tree stakes in Dyke Marsh, phase two of a project to help stem erosion and stabilize the tidal zone of the wetland. In 2024, FODMers planted 150 willow tree stakes.
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It was billed as a mega-trash cleanup and it lived up to its name – all 2,505 pounds of it.
They are rather nondescript, sedentary mollusks with hinged shells, but they are important. Mussels are nature’s “cleanup crew” and can help clean up the Potomac River’s water quality, FODMers learned at their February 23, 2025, meeting.
On February 8, 2025, the Friends of Dyke Marsh tabled at Mount Vernon Supervisor Dan Storck's town hall meeting, the 38th Mount Vernon town hall meeting, an event initiated by the late Mount Vernon Supervisor Gerry Hyland.
On January 5 and 6, 2025, Dyke Marsh was blanketed with six to eight inches of snow and became a shimmering, icy landscape riddled with varying shades of white, blue and gray.
On December 21, 2024, 13 eager volunteers were not deterred by the 35-degree chill along the Haul Road Trail in Dyke Marsh.
