"Watersheds have contributed to a new notion of a Viewshed."
Watersheds - That's what brought me to this site. I just read an old (June 1) article in the Washington Post. I was looking to see if it had been posted. I think it is getting ready to expire for those who don't subscribe. So here it is:
Buffers' Impact Feared
Fairfax Plan Aimed At Stream Protection
"Harold Steyer says the stream buffers could make it more difficult for him to sell his Herndon property. (Dayna Smith -- The Washington Post)"
By David Cho
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 1, 2003; Page C01
"The gurgling stream that runs through the forest behind Harold Steyer's house in Herndon would seem to be an attractive selling point. But under an ordinance proposed for Fairfax County, that little brook could become a drain on the eight-acre property's value.
The proposal, which supervisors are scheduled to discuss tomorrow, would expand the number of streambeds in Fairfax protected from construction of something as small as a shed to as big as a waterfront mansion. Currently, about 20,000 county landowners are prohibited from building within 100 feet of streams and rivers on their property; the new language would add 18,000, officials said.
Overall, the number of square miles set aside as "resource protection areas" would increase from about 55 to 73 -- about 18 percent of all the land in Fairfax....."
"...They [Fairfax] are going to be the model that other jurisdictions will have to meet,...."
More on 'Landgrab by Watershed' here:
HEADS UP, RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VA, YOU MAY BE ABOUT TO BECOME A WILDLANDS PROJECT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/621506/posts