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WE’RE AWARE that there are any number of citizens in Rappahannock County who won’t agree, but we were glad to see that the Corps of Engineers has' finally decided not to continue the controversial Salem Church Dam project. It was equally gratifying to hear, subsequently, that Governor Godwin does not intend to pursue the matter any further, and that he now wants the Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation to recommend ways certain portions of the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers might be preserved as scenic areas.
The Corps of Engineers simply concluded that the proposed dam was no longer economically feasible, especially when considered in the light of new environmental restrictions which would prevent the dam being used for one of its primary proposed purposes—for flushing out the Rappahannock in the Fredericksburg area. This is no longer allowed as a means of countering pollution, and rightly so.
There are many Virginians who say, and who have said for decades, that the dam was not justified in any sense. Certainly it was difficult to support the Engineers’ most grandiose proposals, and that gets us to the
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