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

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

Posted by Bill Howard, The Downstream Project Creek Watch, Featured, News and Information
Journal Jump to Section Friday, May 28, 2021 Friday, June 4, 2021 Monday, June 7, 2021 Tuesday, June 8, 2021 [...]
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Video Journal: Intro to Illegal Dumping in Specks Run
01 Dec

Video Journal: Intro to Illegal Dumping in Specks Run

Posted by Bill Howard, The Downstream Project Alerts, Creek Watch, News and Information
During the first week of September, 2020, the week before Labor Day, construction slurry from a Dominion Energy fiber-optic drilling [...]
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Video Journal: Specks Run Cleanup Monitoring
05 Nov

Video Journal: Specks Run Cleanup Monitoring

Posted by Bill Howard, The Downstream Project Alerts, Creek Watch, News and Information

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

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Open Forum: The Clean Water Act and You
03 Nov

Open Forum: The Clean Water Act and You

Posted by Bill Howard, The Downstream Project Creek Watch, News and Information

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

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Video Journal: Specks Run Initial Site Visit
24 Sep

Video Journal: Specks Run Initial Site Visit

Posted by Bill Howard, The Downstream Project Alerts, Creek Watch, News and Information

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

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Virginia BioBlitz 2020
23 Sep

Virginia BioBlitz 2020

Posted by Bill Howard, The Downstream Project Featured, News and Information, Redbud Run

The Virginia Academy of Science (VAS) is organizing a Statewide BioBlitz, Virginia BioBlitz 2020, to promote exploration, discovery, citizen science, and conservation. […]

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

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

Posted by Bill Howard, The Downstream Project Creek Watch, Float Trips, News and Information

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

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10 Jul

General Meeting, July 14, 2020

Posted by Bill Howard, The Downstream Project Events, News and Information

Fill out my LGL Form! General Meeting Agenda (<–download pdf) and Discussion Items Below: Welcome: 10:00 am Introduction of participants: […]

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

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

Posted by Bill Howard, The Downstream Project Creek Watch, Float Trips, News and Information, Redbud Run

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

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Skies Clear For Two-State Paddle On Opequon
30 May

Skies Clear For Two-State Paddle On Opequon

Posted by David Lillard Float Trips, News and Information
After weeks of rain and one postponement of the trip due to high waters, the weather fully cooperated May 25 [...]
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