The [Friends of the Rappahannock](http://www.riverfriends.org/ “Friends of Rappahannock website”) is urging residents in Culpeper, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, and Stafford counties to support an easement to protect 5,000 acres of shoreline on the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers.

The city of Fredericksburg, which owns the land, is considering the easement, but the 5 counties have to cooperate because the land is in their counties. So far, Culpeper and Fauquier are definitely on board.

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