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The diverse habitats of Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge host over 211 bird species, more than 200 plant species, 31 mammal species, and 40 species of reptiles and amphibians. Visit our Species page to learn more about the inhabitants of Mason Neck!
- Mother and Environmentalist
- The Battle Wages on
- A Refuge Established
- Mason Neck Today
Image courtesy Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge Elizabeth van Laer Speer Hartwell, a native Virginian with a predilection towards the outdoors, moved to the Mason Neck area in 1960 with her husband and two sons. In addition to raising her boys and tending to the home, she would spend her time gardening, flower arranging, boati...
Image courtesy Virginia State Parks Over the next two decades, the battle waged on. Developers and landowners looking to benefit financially from the sale of this valuable land continued to present new proposals. Hartwell and her peers remained steadfast and inexhaustible in their campaign, successfully overturning plan after plan to convert the la...
Image courtesy NOVA Parks In the following years, more threats to the land presented themselves, and Hartwell yet again took charge of working with various levels of government to achieve protection. Today, the Wildlife Refuge encompasses 2,276 acres and is home to the largest freshwater marsh in Northern Virginia and one of the Commonwealth’s larg...
Image courtesy Instagram user @antrad214 Visitors to Fairfax County’s Mason Neck area today have many reasons to be grateful to Hartwell and her fellow supporters. In addition to the Mason Neck State Park and Wildlife Refuge, the area is home to Gunston Hall, the 18th-century home of Founding Father George Mason. At neighboring Pohick Bay Regional ...
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Elizabeth van Laer Speer Hartwell (December 1, 1924 – December 14, 2000) was an American conservationist based in Virginia. The Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge is named in her memory.
Mar 22, 2022 · In the 1960s, Elizabeth Hartwell was a suburban housewife — an officer for the Hallowing Point Garden Club, who “took great pride in flower arranging,” according to Elizabeth Rieben in her...
- Abigail Constantino
Hartwell's efforts to protect Mason Neck were countless and she involved as many people as she could. Her efforts were recognized as important towards the establishment of the Mason Neck Wildlife Refuge so much so that in 2006 Congress passed Bill 109 S. 2127, renaming the refuge the Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck Wildlife Refuge [v].
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Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located in Virginia. It is part of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex. It is on Mason Neck, a peninsula in the Potomac River that forms part of the shoreline of Belmont Bay.
