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it is surrounded on three sides by Park property. However, he described the trade of current Park land for private property as “burning the furniture to keep warm.”
In response to a question on future plans for the Rappahannock land should the trade receive final approval, Thompson noted that Adamson had stated there were no plans to develop the property. “But, on the other hand,” Thompson continued, “at least two of my neighbors have had approaches, one by the Judge to ask for a right-of-way to take timber out of the Park...Also, there's a lumber man named Woodard who was asked to go in and survey this area for the lumber that was in it.”
Although the Park has had authority in the past to acquire land through condemnation proceedings, Thompson noted that it currently is allowed only to accept donations or trade property for new land.
“Would a petition help (to stop the proposed land swap)?” asked Gladys Havstad.
“My feeling is that it would,” Thompson replied. He also suggested that letters to the Park Superintendent and letters to the Park Service Regional Director in Philadelphia would assist.
(Since the RLEP meeting. Thompson and other land owners with property adjoining the tracts to be traded have started a petition drive requesting a public hearing before June 23 to discuss the proposed disposal of Park land in Rappahannock. They have also asked for an extension
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