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BY PEKAY PETTUS
SOME Shenandoah National Park lands are becoming “private backyards” as development around the park’s boundaries becomes more intensive, Bob Jacobsen, Park superintendent, told members of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection last Friday night.
Jacobsen said that in many places, subdivisions are replacing traditional farmland and woodland that used to border the park. This is one reason park officials hope to “start more dialog” with neighboring local governments, Jacobsen said.
“We’re having some problems that affect the park, but aren’t exactly within the park.” The park’s 450-mile boundary touches eight Virginia counties. Seventeen per cent of Rappahannock is actually within the park.
95.3%