Four Mile Run Conservancy

06/05/2026

Glad to be featured at tomorrow night's Alexandria Aces game -- see you there? https://alexandriaaces.org/tickets

04/22/2026

Spring2ACTion is today! Support Alexandria's nonprofits, including the Four Mile Run Conservancy, during the annual Alexandria giving day 😍

Help make nature accessible for all!Last year we finished construction of a free, public, ADA-accessible kayak launch for Four Mile Run Park. It was a huge endeavor for a small organization, but it is done! Now that an accessible facility is in place, we are asking for...

04/06/2026

Join us for the world premiere screening of Becoming Wild, this Saturday at 2pm!

Join the Alexandria Film Festival and Four Mile Run Conservancy for the world premiere of "Becoming Wild, a meditation on beauty in the natural world ," a documentary by award-winning, local filmmaker Jane Pittman. In an Alexandria neighborhood transformed by gentrification and loss of green space,....

04/06/2026

Looking forward to this! 😀

03/24/2026

Just back from Lexington, where today we received the Governor's Environmental Excellence Award for the kayak launch project! 🥳

03/23/2026

Outstanding litter clean-up along the Arlington shoreline Saturday -- a whopping 834 pounds of litter removed! Many thanks to the Arlington Rotary Club for leading the event!

03/23/2026

We love this great program for improving trail and water access!

Attention parks departments, tribes and nonprofit partners: Up to $1.4 million in Recreational Trails Program grants is now available through May 5.

The grants are for building and rehabilitating recreational land and water trails and related facilities. Pictured is an accessible kayak launch partially funded by the Recreational Trails Program that was recently completed by the Four Mile Run Conservatory Foundation in Alexandria, Virginia.

A webinar will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. Learn more and register at:
https://dcr.virginia.gov/recreational-planning/trailfnd