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George Ohrstrom II

George Ohrstrom to Be Honored as Friend of the Mountain; Join Us!

October 20, 2023
Join us as we celebrate The Downstream Project‘s founder and board president, George Ohrstrom II, who will be honored by Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains at its annual Celebration of the Mountains, November 5, in Round Hill, Va. George will receive a special “Friend of the Mountain” award for his decades-long commitment to the

Thank You & Season’s Greetings from Downstream

December 31, 2022
To All Our Conservation Partners and Supporters, Can you believe it’s been 15 years since we launched The Downstream Project? What started as a simple website to promote George’s 2007 documentary Shenandoah: Voices of the River has grown into a powerful voice for water and land conservation throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and beyond. Most

Looking back upstream: 2021 Milestones

December 28, 2021
In 2021 we announced our partnership with The Commons and the Water Data Collaborative in a pilot project called Water Watch to support citizen science water monitoring programs in the Shenandoah Valley.

Lasers shed light on the Shenandoah’s TMDL

September 5, 2013
    Article by Ronda Nickey Lehman, President Blue Ridge Watershed Coalition Since the signing of the Chesapeake Bay Executive Order by President Obama, the calculation of “TMDL,” or “total maximum daily load” for the Bay’s tributaries has been a point of controversy for many people living in the Bay watersheds. Their concerns stem from

Blue Ridge Watershed Coalition Launches Monitoring Program

May 2, 2013
The Truth Lies in the Data In 2008, several community meetings were held on the Blue Ridge of Jefferson County to help create a vision of these mountain communities in years to come. The meetings were well attended by approximately 350 mountain residents. With the new Chesapeake Bay pollution diet restrictions (TMDL) looming, a loud

The Goose Creek Challenge

April 15, 2013
    The Goose Creek Association kicked off its 2013 riparian buffer project called The Goose Creek Challenge, chaired by Marcia Woolman, using a joint project with Tom Turner of the John Marshall Soil and Water District (JMS&WD), to plant 433 trees on March 15th and 16th. The success of this watershed conservation effort was
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