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By Kevin Allen
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
An effort to include the Jordan River in the Virginia Scenic River system has been rejected because of what local citizens and county leaders are suggesting was an unlisted requirement of the program.
John R. Davy, of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, wrote a letter to County Administrator John McCarthy on July 23 to inform him that the river did not meet a public accessibility requirement to be considered for Scenic designation.
A river must be either accessible and canoeable or accessible via an adjacent public trail, Davy wrote.
Beginning in Shenandoah National Park, the Jordan winds 12.2 miles through Bean Hollow and Flint Hill through a mostly pristine area with several conservation easements before its confluence with the Rappahannock River.
Amissville resident Hal Hunter, who led the citizen effort for the Jordan River’s designation, said that the accessibility requirement was never communicated to him or listed in the DCR’s paperwork.
After months of volunteer work and organizing citizen support for the Jordan River project, Hunter was understandably frustrated by the DCR’s dismissal of the Jordan’s application and communicated
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