Northern Virginia Parks decries Dominion Tree Clearing in W&OD Park

In a 3/12/25 letter from NOVA Parks to the utility expressing deep concern they stated, ”Dominion announced that it is planning to cut most of the trees on the 33 miles of W&OD Park that have transmission power lines. This area, stretching from Arlington, includes all of the Fairfax County portions of the park, and goes into Loudoun County to the west of Leesburg. This area includes hundreds of acres and tens of thousands of trees. We know from the first four miles that have been cut from Vienna to Dunn Loring that Dominion is clearing all flora across the entirety of the Dominion right-of-way, not just the trees posing a threat to or potentially interfering with the power lines. This is a significant departure from past practices and long-standing MOU where Dominion has cut trees selectively based on their proximity and direct threat to transmission lines.” You can read the entire letter here.