Category: Downstream News

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation A volunteer tree-planting on Darrell and Crystal Landes’ farm in Rockingham County, Virginia, demonstrates how the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) partners with farmers, volunteers, and state and federal cost-share programs to ensure clean water and healthy farms. The work on the Landes’ farm is part of a larger outreach and technical

By THEO EMERY Published: December 19, 2011 WASHINGTON  —  The National Academy of Sciencesdelivered a long-awaited report on uranium mining to the Virginia legislature on Monday, warning that the state faced “steep hurdles” if it is to safely mine and process the nuclear reactor fuel. Full article

Contacts: Cale Jaffe, Southern Environmental Law Center, 434-760-0816. Dan Holmes, Piedmont Environmental Council, 571-213-4250. RICHMOND, VA – The long-awaited report issued by the National Academy of Sciences today echoes numerous pitfalls with potential uranium mining, milling and waste disposal in the Commonwealth that many concerned Virginians have expressed in past months. The 300-page report was

Watch SkyTruth on WV Public Broadcasting SkyTruth, a West Virginia organization that garnered attention last year calculating the size of the BP oil spill is branching out. As Cecelia Mason of West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports, SkyTruth is launching a program that will help landowners, local governments and environmental organizations monitor Marcellus Shale drilling. The

Virginia Farmers Are Talking About Continuous No-Till and Improved Grazing Management… And now you can hear what they are saying by watching our new “Gaining Ground” movies! In our two movies, each just 15 minutes long, a dozen Virginia farmers explain how continuous no-till and managed grazing have improved their farms and their lives. Also

On October 24, 2011 The Downstream Project and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will release our new Gaining Ground DVD and Website, over a year in the production. This exciting collaboration on soil conservation features the full range of Downstream capabilities in omnimedia services.