Category: Downstream News

After more than 20 years of mercury monitoring, the South River Science Team became the independent, nonprofit South River Watershed Coalition in 2022. The Science Team formally launched in 2001, nearly 25 years after the Dupont Company discovered legacy mercury contamination at its Waynesboro rayon plant. It included citizen groups, public agencies, and the company in a

Downstream partnered with Conservation WV to created Fix It, a get out the vote campaign focused on climate change.,

Cacapon & Lost Rivers Land Trust is one of the most successful land trusts in West Virginia. As one of the few accredited land trusts in the Mountain State, CLRLT has preserved over 14,000 acres through conservation easements in Hampshire, Hardy, and Morgan counties. In 2023, CLRLT upgraded their digital communications and management to meet