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“ONE OF THE MOST influential organizations of its kind” — the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection — met last Friday night at the Court House in Washington, looked back over a productive year, elected officers, and prepared for a new year under a newly-designated tax-exempt status. Phil Irwin of Flint Hill, who was re-elected president, reported that the tax exempt status had been bestowed on the RLEP approximately two weeks ago. It means the end of the organization as something which “attempts to influence legislation,” but not as a force for environmental education, he said. Witold Kuncewicz of Flint Hill objected; he thought the old organization was sufficient, and thought that the tax-exempt features were not all that important. Irwin said they’d see. Other officers elected were: Ian Pryde, vice president; Mrs. Miriam Harris, secretary; Mrs. Helen Dawson, treasurer, Mrs. Patricia Saltonstall, public information officer; Mrs. Elizabeth Scherschel, representative to the Virginia Conservation Council; Mrs. Eileen Day, representative to the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors ; and Mrs. Marjorie Albright, editor of the newsletter.
Main speaker for the meeting was Peter Borelli, Eastern representative of the Sierra Club, who told of nationwide efforts to curb strip mining excesses.
BORELLI, WITH THE HELP OF a series of slides, described examples of what Irwin, in his introduction, called “one of the worst exploitations of the American landscape — strip mining.” As Irwin saw it, the question of strip mining and how to control it wraps up RLEP’s reason for existence: “What is the proper use of the land we are the custodians of?” (See page 14)
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