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BY MARK HELMKE
CONSIDERATION of the state study proposing “scenic river’’ designaton of parts of the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers has developed into another classic confrontation concerning government attempts to control the use of natural resources.
At public informational meetings May 14 in Fredericksburg and May 15, in Culpeper, opponents to the scenic river plans—many of them landowners along the Rapidan River irt Orange County — called the Virginia Commission of Outdoor Recreation’s (COR) study another government ploy to “take over’’ their land and their lives.
Proponents of scenic river controls for the two rivers applauded the effort to conserve the country’s diminishing natural resources, but also worried that the rivers might become over-used if the government becomes involved.
The City of Fredericksburg is also against scenic river plans. No dams can be built on a scenic river, and Fredericksburg still wants to have a Salem Churchtype dam on the Rappahannock River. Some state studies have said that Fredericksburg’s future
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