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PLANS TO protect and preserve Goose Creek, the Thornton River and the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers as “scenic rivers” have been initiated by the Rappahannock-Rapidan (Region 9) Planning District Commission. The District Commissioners; representing Fauquier, Rappahannock, Orange, Madison and Culpeper Counties asked the local governing bodies in the region, at a meeting last Thursday evening, to “express local interest” in protecting the rivers and designating them as “scenic” by the state General Assembly. If the rivers are designated by the General Assembly as part of the “Virginia Scenic River System” the Federal Wild and Scenic River law of 1968 would prohibit construction of dams, increase sewer discharge standards, and provide federal funds for public park acquisition, it was stated.
The four streams were listed as potential “scenic rivers” worthy of preservation in a 1969 study conducted by the State Commission of Outdoor Recreation. Listed was a 15-mile section of Goose Creek from Markham to Loudoun County; 20 miles of the Thornton River from Sperryville to Monument Springs in Culpeper County; 77 miles of the Rapidan from its headwaters in Madison County to its confluence with the Rappahannock in Orange County; and 60 miles of the Rappahannock River from Remington through Fredericksburg to Port Royal.
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