Fish Relocations at Brookfield Pond and Lake Huntsman Fairfax County Stormwater Planning Division May 2013

1. Fairfax County Stormwater Planning
Division
A Fairfax County, Virginia Publication May 2013

2. The Stormwater Planning Division (SWPD) of the
Department of Public Works and Environmental Services
will be undertaking pond/lake improvement projects
this spring and summer on Lake Huntsman (Springfield
District) and Brookfield Park pond (Lee District). A
necessary action for both of these projects includes
draining the ponds/lakes prior to construction.

3. Both of these ponds/lakes harbor fish communities
that may be impacted. To preserve these living
resources, staff of SWPD is overseeing the collection,
removal and relocation of the fish before draining
begins. This will be in coordination with the Fairfax
County Park Authority and the Virginia Department of
Game and Inland Fisheries

4. Fish will be collected by an electrofishing boat, which
uses electrical current to temporarily stun and capture
the fish. The fish will then be moved in a special
transport truck and released into nearby ponds/lakes.
Fish collected from Lake Huntsman will be relocated to
Lake Mercer, while the fish collected from the
Brookfield Park pond will be released into Lake
Accotink.

5. Once construction is complete, Lake Huntsman and
Brookfield Park pond will be restocked with new fish.
Lake Barton was recently restocked following the
dredging and improvement project that occurred in
2011.

6. Brookfield Park Pond

7. Brookfield Park Pond

8. Brookfield Park Pond

9. Brookfield Park Pond

10. Lake Huntsman

11. Lake Huntsman

12. Lake Huntsman

13. Restocking
(Lake Barton 2011)

14. Expected Species – Largemouth Bass

15. Expected Species – Pumpkinseed Sunfish

16. Expected Species – Read Breast Sunfish

17. Expected Species – Channel Catfish

18. Expected Species – Mosquitofish

19. Expected Species – Margined Madtom

20. Information Contact:
 Shannon Curtis or Irene Haske
 Stormwater Planning Division
 Department of Public Works and Environmental
Services, Fairfax County
 12000 Government Center Parkway
 shannon.curtis@fairfaxcounty.gov
 irene.haske@fairfaxcounty.gov
 703-324-5500, TTY 711
 www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/stormwater