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construction of dams, create stricter effluent standards, and would empower the designating agency—either the state of the or the federal government—to control land uses along the river. Since the City of Fredericksburg still wants a water supply dam, Governor Godwin has suggested that only “portions” of the Rappahannock (and Rapidan) could be designated “scenic.” Or, if the General Assembly designates all the river, the General Assembly could also permit a dam if requested in the future.
THE DISTRICT 9 Planning Commissioners voiced a fear that if the Parks Service monitors the scenic river status of the Rappahannock River, a mile on either side of the river would be condemned for a national park without any reference to local land use plans. Land use controls such as easements and zoning needed to protect the quality of the Rappahannock should reside with the state, not the federal government, agreed the District Commissioners.
The Rappahannock River, Rapidan River, Thornton River and Goose Creek were recommended as rivers worthy of scenic river status by the Commission of Outdoor Recreation way back in 1969.
Then, when the Army Corps of Engineers announced that the Salem Church Dam was no longer “economically feasible,” both the Corps and Governor Godwin said portions of the Rappahannock should be designated “scenic.”
Heerwald told the Commissioners that there are three ways a river can be designated a scenic river. The District Commissioners had been working with the one
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