Site Description: This site is located at the Olde Izaak Walton League park in Leesburg, about three quarters of a mile downstream of Loudoun Wildlife’s Tuscarora Creek, Westpark site. Tuscarora Creek is a tributary of the Goose Creek, a state scenic river which feeds into the Potomac River.
Certified Lead Monitor: Emily Maltman has been conducting benthic macroinvertebrate and sodium chloride monitoring at this site since the fall of 2021.
Ecological condition rating scores resulting from benthic macroinvertebrate surveys at Tuscarora Creek, IWL Park starting Fall 2021. This site initially received an acceptable rating, which was followed by an indeterminate rating, and most recently unacceptable ratings. These surveys cannot detect bacterial pollution.