Rapidan Institute studies options to create fish passage and Rapidan and makes a preliminary determination that dam alteration is likely the only option for fish passage that doesn’t involve maintenance.
Center for Natural Capital works with Mill Owners Robert and Kevin O’Brien to complete Phase I Rapidan Milling Company Office renovation. Conference room HVAC added. Office suite constructed in second floor atrium. Third floor added with new roof. First floor garage readied for SoilKeepers residential services equipment storage.
Rapidan Fish Passage Project (RFPP) is launched with a goal to reconnect the Rapidan River headwaters with the Atlantic Ocean, and once again share the river with American Shad, our “Founding Fish” (The Founding Fish, John McPhee, 2002), and related species. Center for Natural Capital signs a Memorandum of Agreement with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources to restore fish passage at Rapidan. Explorations begin to determine the most feasible strategy for achieving the goal.