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Good Company, Good Weather … and a Good Time for All!

Good Company, Good Weather … and a Good Time for All!

Aug 9, 2023

On June 17, TOW hosted three events on Opequon Creek: a float trip, a picnic, and a water quality monitoring demonstration. All were based at Fiddler’s Bottom, the home of Deb and Steve Bauserman, located east of Ridgeway, West Virginia.

Illicit Discharge Contaminating Opequon Creek

Illicit Discharge Contaminating Opequon Creek

Jan 21, 2022

Since the second week of December 2021, a petroleum-based contaminant has been entering an unnamed tributary of Eagle Run. The...

Raw Sewage and Drilling Mud Inundate Stream on Needy Road, Tributary to the Opequon

Raw Sewage and Drilling Mud Inundate Stream on Needy Road, Tributary to the Opequon

May 28, 2021

Journal Jump to Section Friday, May 28, 2021 Friday, June 4, 2021 Monday, June 7, 2021 Tuesday, June 8, 2021...

Video Journal: Intro to Illegal Dumping in Specks Run

Video Journal: Intro to Illegal Dumping in Specks Run

Dec 1, 2020

During the first week of September, 2020, the week before Labor Day, construction slurry from a Dominion Energy fiber-optic drilling...

Video Journal: Specks Run Cleanup Monitoring

Video Journal: Specks Run Cleanup Monitoring

Nov 5, 2020

The Downstream Project’s Bill Howard returned to Specks Run to monitor the cleanup project.

Open Forum: The Clean Water Act and You

Open Forum: The Clean Water Act and You

Nov 3, 2020

J. Stephen Bauserman November 3, 2020 reprinted from the Winchester Star In October, the Clean Water Act turned 40 years...

Video Journal: Specks Run Initial Site Visit

Video Journal: Specks Run Initial Site Visit

Sep 24, 2020

Specks Run was filled with construction drilling mud from illegal dumping from a Dominion Energy project in Virginia.

Investigative Float on Opequon Creek: August 2, 2020, Rt. 9 to Golf Course Rd.

Investigative Float on Opequon Creek: August 2, 2020, Rt. 9 to Golf Course Rd.

Aug 4, 2020

On July 31, Rockwool Ranson announced on its Facebook page that their melting furnace would be fueled by gas alone,...

Opequon Clean-up, Captain Lou leads the way at Stonebridge!

Opequon Clean-up, Captain Lou leads the way at Stonebridge!

Dec 13, 2019

Our cleanup efforts commenced at 0800 on 09 November at the Stonebridge crossing of the Opequon. Gary Sylvester provided coffee...

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Sep 7
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

“September Wildflowers and More” – A Nature Walk in the Abrams Creek Wetlands Preserve, Winchester, VA.

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“September Wildflowers and More” – A Nature Walk in the Abrams Creek Wetlands Preserve, Winchester, VA.

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