Our Community in Fairfax County, Virginia

The Health Department confirms the presence of West Nile Virus in Fairfax County.  Therefore, crows are no longer tested by the County.  If you have a dead crow or other bird on your property, please dispose of it yourself.  Carefully avoid physical contact with the bird by wearing gloves, deposit the crow in a plastic bag, and place it in the trash.

Until the onset of winter we must continue to take preventive measures to eliminate mosquitoes from our neighborhoods.  It takes as little as one week for mosquitoes to hatch in only a few spoonfuls of water.  Practice the "TIP & Toss method." Check roof gutters, discarded cans and containers, old tires, bird baths, wading pools, drainage ditches, canoes, boats, tarps, ornamental ponds, puddles and swampy areas, and other miscellaneous items such as toys, wheelbarrows, etc.  For further information, contact the Fairfax County Health Department at 703-246-2300.  You may obtain a Health Department brochure by calling my office at 703-256-7717.