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Salem Church Dam on the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers, upstream from Fredericksburg. RLEP and numerous other conservation organizations were concerned about the dam’s potential negative impact on water quality and the proliferation of development in the Manassas and adjacent areas.
Alive and well
and living in
Rappahannock
Thirty-five years after its inception, RLEP is still alive and well as an effective advocate for our county’s environment, under the guidance of Paul Farmer (the organization’s ninth president), who is supported by a Board of Directors that makes all policy decisions. At the most recent count, RLEP has over 300 current members, defined as persons who during the past twelve months have made a financial commitment to the organization in any amount. Perhaps the most pressing environmental issue in our days is how to manage land use and development in light of increasing population pressures ap* preaching Rappahannock County from the east. Thus, RLEFs priority is to encourage wise public decisions by our elected local officials to keep Rappahannock green, rural, and serene.
Just recently, RLEP created a Biodiversity Task Force under the leadership of Pam Owen to study and protect wildlife populations, their ecosystems and habitats in Rappahannock County. Also, RLEP has recently embarked on an effort to support the nomination of the Hazel River to Tier HI status and thereby protect the river in both Rappahannock and Culpeper Counties. Another current RLEP-sponsored activity, led by Jill Duvall, is to promote environment-friendly, renewable energy sources in the county, through information dissemination to the public.
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