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By Bill Kossler
Rappahannock News Staff Writer |
Beverly Hunter and Rappa**rhtm»Wfk High tfclstudeMFfcariy Oliver presented research on the cleanliness of our streams auid the health of our watersheds at the outset of last Wednesday’s Rappahannock County planning commission meeting. They spoke as representatives of the local environmental research organization RappFLOW (Rappahannock Friends and Lovers of Our Watershed).'
RappFLOW has done what Hunter described as a “quick and dirty” rapid assessment of watershed conditions. In cooperation with numerous area organizations and with the help of field work by Rappahannock County High School students, they have mapped an array of water and land quality variables. By creating a ready body of hard scientific data, they hope to aid county planners and land owners in making decisions that protect and improve the quality of water flowing through our county and out to the Chesapeake Bay
As one of many examples of what RappFLOW has produced; they have mapped the areas of the county in forest, in pasture and in development, overlaid upon a map of the county showing the several local rivers and the portions that are considered impaired or polluted by the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Parts of the Rush and Thornton rivers are designated as 303d impaired by the DEQ. This means that tests find more than the acceptable amount of fecal coliform bacteria germs in the water. If the
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