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 | Land Conservation: Rappahannock Plan Is Developing |
 A committee will make public a draft watershed management plan on how Fredericksburg’s vast Rappahannock riverfront easement should be used. The plan will be unveiled on 17 Feb at the University of Mary Washington’s Jepson Center. The plan will outline how the property will be managed for access, recreation, and wildlife. The public will also get another chance to weigh in. The effort has been spearheaded by the Friends of the Rappahannock, working with representatives of Fredericksburg’s planning and utilities departments, watershed property manager, and the easement holders (Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, The Nature Conservancy, and the Virginia Outdoors Foundation). In 2006, the Fredericksburg City Council created a permanent conservation easement on over 4,200 acres along more than 20 miles of the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers. The city had purchased the land from Virginia Electric and Power Co. in the 1960s. After the Feb 17th meeting, an updated draft will go to the city council for review, and later there will be another opportunity for public comment.
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John Tippett, executive director of Friends of the Rappahannock, said that there are new specifics in managing of campsites, trails, and river access points and permitted recreational uses. These details are only recommendations at this point and are the result of collaborations with key stakeholders (including hunters, fishermen, paddlers, the Virginia Natural Heritage Program, etc.). Two new concepts introduced in the new plan include “management by infrastructure” and an envisioned three corridors of recreational-use intensity. The ecological impact will be controlled by managing trails and access points. The three corridors will include Motts Run in the city (high-intensity use), Blankenbaker’s to Motts Run (moderate use), and upstream from Blankenbaker’s (low-intensity). Hunters will continue to use the easement property, with some restrictions. No-hunting zones will be established within 100 yards of campsites and boat-launch points. Four-wheel-drive and all-terrain vehicles and motorbikes will continue to be banned from the property.
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