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Property request · wetlands permit

Blair Thurmond: install 355 linear feet of riprap revetment (Reason Creek)

  1. Wetlands Board hearing (county’s record, Mar 10)Mar 10

  2. Wetlands Board decides (county’s record, Mar 10)Approved, unanimously · Mar 10

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In plain words

Blair Thurmond applied to the Wetlands Board to install 355 linear feet of riprap revetment, a rock barrier, along the shoreline of Reason Creek and 470 Blundon Road.1,2 At the Wetlands Board meeting on March 10, 2026, Joseph Scott, agent for the owner, described the project.2 He told the Board that a living shoreline would not work there because the area falls off quickly and is mucky and marshy, and the other side faces a four mile fetch.2 On a motion by George Rew, seconded by Albert Fisher, the Board unanimously approved the request for three years.2

Summarized from the county’s records, September 26.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “Blair Thurmond – to install 355 linear feet of riprap revetment along the shoreline of Reason Creek and 470 Blundon Road”The matter as the records title it
  2. “Application No. 26-0302” … “Joseph Scott, agent for the owner, described the project.” … “a living shoreline would not work in the area where it falls off quickly and is mucky and marshy. He said the other side faces a four mile fetch.” … “on a motion by George Rew, seconded by Albert Fisher, the request was unanimously approved for three years”Mar 10, 2026 · Wetlands Board · In the minutes

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The official wording

Application No. 26-0302 Blair Thurmond – to install 355 linear feet of riprap revetment along the shoreline of Reason Creek and 470 Blundon Road.

Words the law defines

  • Wetlands board
    “‘Wetlands board’ or ‘board’ means a board created pursuant to § 28.2-1303.”

    Code of Virginia § 28.2-1300, Chapter 13. Wetlands

What’s happened

  1. Tue10Mar

    Wetlands Board · a vote

    ApprovedBlair Thurmond: install 355 linear feet of riprap revetment (Reason Creek)

    After further discussion, on a motion by George Rew, seconded by Albert Fisher, the request was unanimously approved for three years.

    Moved by Rew, seconded by Fisher

    Minutes, Mar 10Open it in the meeting →

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The records

Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.

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How a wetlands permit is decided

Work in tidal wetlands and along the shoreline, such as riprap, bulkheads and sills, needs a permit. The county's Wetlands Board decides these applications after an advertised public hearing.

Applications are also filed with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, which assigns the application number used to follow a request.

The law: Va. Code § 28.2-1302 (Adoption of wetlands zoning ordinance; terms of ordinance). This describes the general process, not this decision.