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PA Court supports local fracking limits

A Pennsylvania court on Thursday struck down a provision of a state law that forbade municipalities to limit where natural gas drilling can take place within their boundaries. Read the New York Times Article.

Tracking Fracking: The Sky’s the Limit

Amy Mathews Amos writes for EcoWatch on SkyTruth and Downstream partnership with the Pine Creek and God’s Country WaterDogs. Link to EcoWatch Article

Downstream Takes to the Air over Frack Country with SkyTruth and LightHawk

“The truth is in the sky,” a quote by Tioga County Planning Director, Jim Weaver, sums up our expedition last weekend to Frack Country in north-central Pennsylvania with our project partner, SkyTruth. Jim was our spotter as the Downstream camera crew flew with volunteer LightHawk pilot, Jamie Gamble, on a 3-hour flight over threatened forest land

Mountain Vista Governor’s School hosted by Blandy

The Downstream Project was privileged to join ten students from the Mountain Vista Governor’s School for a day at Blandy Experimental Farm. These gifted seniors, all attending voluntarily, learned about the watershed ecology of the Chesapeake Bay headwaters and karst groundwater systems from Candace Lutzow-Felling, Director of Education at Blandy, and her staff. The Downstream

Briar Woods Field School Experience

Around 40 Briar Woods students joined teacher Patricia Blackwell and naturalists and river guides from River & Trail Outfitters for River Quest 2012, on the beautiful Shenandoah River near Harpers Ferry, WV. “Who can figure out where we are?” asks river guide John DeMary of the students surrounding him. He hands out maps of the

Clarke County Easement Authority Receives Governor’s Gold Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2012 Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Governor Bob McDonnell Governor McDonnell Announces Environmental Excellence Award Winners RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell today announced the winners of the 2012 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards, which will be presented at the Environment Virginia Symposium in Lexington. The awards recognize the significant contributions of

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