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“No, no,” answered Mr. Joyce, explaining that the department’s geologist and Mr. Wright had reviewed the design changes at a meeting in Richmond last week. “They saw everything you see in this set of drawings right here,” including the revision in final grade, relocation of leachate and sediment ponds, and raising of the elevation of the future fill area to 575 feet, which would still be below tree level and thus screened from view. “They didn’t have any problem with that,” Mr. Joyce reported.
Since several of the exploratory holes dug with the backhoe later filled partially with water, a system of French drains is proposed to channel that groundwater out of the ravines where the sediment and leachate ponds will be located and away from spots where excess dirt will be deposited, the engineer pointed out. One of the lines will go underneath the leachate pond, and to questioning from Col. Bingham, Mr. Joyce said that the line is necessary for stabilization. The groundwater flowing through the line lyill be discharged onto the surface and run into the nearby stream, the engineer explained.
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which has burned about 15 acres, and Ranger Hakel said he expected containment by late afternoon.
Unlike parks in the Washington metropolitan area which have banned even charcoal grills, Shenandoah National Park has not instituted restrictions against open fires, although Ranger Hakel noted that such a ban has been discussed. But he pointed out that open fires and grills are permitted only in Shenandoah’s picnic areas and campgrounds, which are kept mowed and where immediate help is available. “We never allow fires in the back country,” the ranger added.
This week’s forest fires are unusual. “Our normal fire season is spring and fall when there’s a lot of small tinder easily flammable,” Ranger Hakel said. In addition, most fires of any consequence in the park are “man-caused,” he said.
With the drought, adherence to the park’s simple fire prevention
93.6%