Category: Downstream News

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.

The Downstream Project recently partnered with River and Trail Outfitters of Knoxville, MD and the Shepherdstown Presbyterian Environmental Stewardship group for an eco-tour of the Shenandoah River .

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Great Article from Orion Magazine

Executives Cite ‘Local Resistance’ By Jeremy Hunt HARRISONBURG – The Houston-based energy company that wants to drill for natural gas in Rockingham County has backed off, at least for the time being, in the face of what executives termed “local resistance.” Representatives of Carrizo Oil and Gas Co. say the company is no longer “actively pursuing”

With the Shenandoah Riverkeeper and Shenandoah Valley Network, CAP asked a professional hydrologist to review Carrizo (Marcellus) LLC’s application for a hydraulic fracturing well near Bergton. The results are concerning for natural resources and public health. Read the Report…..