This is sad. During the last heavy rains we had, the dam in one of the "Kingstowne Lakes" gave way. Fairfax County claim they knew it would happen one day but didn't know when and had no money to do anything about it. Seems like there are no plans to save the remaining wildlife. I've never fished here but it looks (looked...) a fairly nice place. Very sad that it was neglected like this. Any of you locals ever fish here?

WashPost article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/05/AR2010100505873.html

Another local article with more pics:

http://kingstowne.patch.com/articles/kingstowne-dam-breaks-drains-lakes#photo-2140462

oh my! I think those are the hayfield ponds!

It's these ones: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=38.749197,-77.147584&spn=0.020751,0.045447&z=15

The WaPo called them "Kingstowne Lakes" but I think they go by a few names

What a shame.

d**n Shame...