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Stafford County beachgoers may soon have to pay a $15 daily fee to park at either of the countyâs two beach parks, while some fishermen along the Rappahannock River may also have to pay a price.
âThe fees are to address the parking issues at the parks,â Stafford Parks and Recreation Director Michael Morris said.
Morris told county supervisors at their meeting Tuesday that the new fees will also help cover response expenses incurred by county deputies and first responders to beaches throughout the summer months, as well as daily beach cleanups and physical staffing at each location.
âThatâs how we got to that cost,â said Morris, who told supervisors taxpayers have absorbed those costs in years past.
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“Freshwater mussels are the most important animals most people have never heard of, so it’s terrific news that the yellow lance now has more than 300 miles of protected habitat to save it from extinction,” said Tierra Curry, a senior scientist at the Center.
The yellow lance is threatened by pollution from agriculture, logging and urban development, as well as by climate change. The species has declined by 70% in the Coastal Plain region and by approximately 50% in both the Piedmont and the Mountain regions.
There are only seven remaining populations, none of which are considered highly resilient as 86% of the streams in the mussel’s current range have poor or very poor water quality.
Fielding Lewis was born on July 7, 1725, at Warner Hall in Gloucester County, the third of seven children of John Lewis IV (also known as Colonel John Lewis) and Frances Fielding Lewis. His mother died in 1731 from complications related to childbirth, and during the winter of 1734–1735 John Lewis married Priscilla Churchhill Carter, the widow of Robert Carter II and inheritor of £2,500 from his will. Her son, Robert Carter III, spent two years at Warner Hall before attending school.
On April 6, 1742, John Lewis bought 406 acres of land in Fredericksburg, a growing port town on the Rappahannock River in Spotsylvania County and the site of a state tobacco inspection station. Soon he established a store that sold a wide variety of items including clothing, rum, sugar, and writing supplies that were likely imported from abroad on Lewis-owned ships. In 1744, John Thornton, who previously owned a tavern in Fredericksburg, became the factor, or manager, of Lewis’s business. By April 1