RappFLOW recognizes Monira Rifaat, owner of Manor Farm and a cattle farmer in the Covington River watershed, as Person of the Month for April 2006.

Monira is a member of the RappFLOW Advisory Committee and brings essential knowledge and guidance to RappFLOW planning and activities relating to preservation of agriculture and agricultural Best Management Practices that are central to watershed protection. 

As Chair of the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District’s Board of Directors, she teaches RappFLOW volunteers about cost-sharing programs available to farmers.  Her own farm participates in the CREP program (Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program), providing many acres of vegetative buffers along the Covington River and streams to protect them from sedimentation and agricultural runoff. 

Additionally, Rifaat serves on the County’s Farm Preservation Program and the Water Quality Advisory Committee, which enables her to advise RappFLOW on local government concerns about water quality and watershed protection.