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“An effective riparian buffer can be esthetically beautiful!” Bev Hunter’s passion for this RappFlow project is evident in every word that she utters. Imagine a project that not only will provide walking trails, picnic tables and access to the Thornton River in Sperryville, but also will be a training ground for all interested residents to learn how to protect our waterways from the damage of run off. Volunteers will be trained to assess a site, decide how to remove invasive plants, acquire native plants and develop a plan for long term management of the site. The Sperryville site trail will have educational signs that will describe the buffer zone area.
Mark Malik, formerly with the Shenandoah National Park, has drawn up a preliminary plan for the one acre site. Bev Hunter and Tim Bondelid are writing a grant for the Department of Forestry that will request assistance with plant acquisition and supervision. Bey’s hope is that this project will be a model for Sperryville. RappFLOW will be talking with other landowners about initiating similar projects for which cost sharing and technical and volunteer assistance will be available. Are you that landowner? Don’t wait to be asked...contact RappFlow today! If you want to work with RappFLOW as a volunteer, stop in the office or call Bev Hunter at 937-4038.
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