Accepting Applications until May 16, 2025
The Rapidan Institute, a program of American Climate Partners, is forming a RFPP Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) with aim to hear the views of a variety of stakeholders in project planning.
The Committee is not a decision-making body, but its members will be invited to act as a sounding board and thinking partner/consulting body to the Rapidan Institute Leadership Team on the Project as it moves forward.
The Institute seeks stakeholders with the following interests and demonstrated expertise/experience:
- Fish passage related Chesapeake Bay Recreational fishing
- Fish passage related to Native American subsistence and culture
- Fish passage historic preservation
- Fish passage aesthetics
- Fish passage ecology
- Fish passage fisheries
- Rapidan village landowners (2)
- Orange County landowner (outside of the village)
- Culpeper County landowner (outside of the village)
- Culpeper County high school student
- Orange County high school student
- Other members of the Committee
- Design/build Partner
- Agency Partner 1 – VADWR
- Agency Partner 2 – VADEQ
- Agency Partner 3 – VADCR
- Agency Partner 4 – VADHR
- Agency Partner 5 – US Army COE
- Facilitator (Professional Contractor)
- Recorder (ACP Staff)
- Chairman (ACP Staff)
For the duration of the project, the committee will meet approximately once a month during the Spring–Fall period and once every two months during the Winter. Meetings will be in-person + videoconference at a location TBD in Orange or Culpeper Counties, Virginia, generally on a weekday evening. The meetings will be professionally facilitated by an ACP contractor and notes and decisions will be recorded.
Anyone interested in serving on the committee should submit, via email to info@americanclimatepartners.org, a letter explaining their interest in serving, and a CV, résumé, or narrative describing their qualifications and demonstrated expertise in at least one of the Committee interest areas.
Submissions are due by May 16, 2025.
Applicants will be notified via email if selected to serve on the committee and a full list of members will be posted on the web site shortly after May 26, 2025.