Downstream Project

Programs: Web development and graphic servicesland trust of virginia (ltv): based in loudoun county, virginia, ltv is a nonprofit land trust protecting open space, historical heritage, natural resources, farms, forests, and water. In 2017, the downstream project completed a website redesign which included assisting ltv in implementation of a new constituent relations management system. Loudoun wildlife conservancy (lwc): based in loudoun county, virginia, the mission of lwc is to preserve and protect the habitat and wildlife that live on long and besides the citizens of loudoun county. In 2017, the downstream project completed a website redesign which included assisting ltv in implementation of a new constituent relations management system and implementing a new events calendar system. The mountain institute/appalachian program (tmi): the downstream project assisted tmi through a process of spinning off their existing appalachian programs in circleville, west virginia to a new, west virginia-based nonprofit organization called experience learning inc. Services included developing a website and graphic identity, implementing a new constituent relations management system, and implementing an events calendar application for the new organization's education programs. Virginia united land trusts (vault): based in richmond, va. , vault's mission is to increase the effectiveness of the land conservation community in virginia. Services included development of the group's website and various software elements. West virginia conservation agency (wvca): the downstream project continues to help wvca in agency's mission to provide for and promote the protection and conservation of west virginia's soil, land, water and related resources for the health, safety and general welfare of the state's citizens. We created a coupon and mailing campaign for the promotion of for two chesapeake bay programs: 1) a septic system pumping cost-share initiative, and 2) easement purchases along west virginia's back creek. The downstream project also created a web presence for the back creek valley watershed organization in support of the easement program.

video productionspout run video journal: in ongoing efforts to promote the restoration of spout run, a landmark stream in clarke county, virginia, we produced a short video covering trout unlimited's youth education efforts, trout in the classroom (tic). The program offers students of all ages a chance to raise salmonids in a classroom setting and then release them into a nearby stream or river. Caring for the fish starts to foster a conservation ethic in the students. Downstream filmed the act of walking to a streambank and directly releasing the fingerlings into the water makes a concrete connection between caring for the fish and caring for the water. These video journal entries are funded in part by a grant to clarke county, virginia and the c spout run partnership from the national fish and wildlife foundation (nfwf) and the chesapeake bay stewardship fund and viewable on spoutrun. Org. Mending moore's creek: the downstream project produced a video for mr. Michael smith, usfws retired, on a trout restoration project on moore's creek. Cadets from the virginia military institute joined students from washington & lee university to help restore a small headwater stream in moore's creek state forest, near lexington, virginia. The shared goal of all the partners was to make this stream a more favorable habitat for the trout's long-term survival. West virginia conservation agency: in this video, the west virginia conservation agency presents a case study on the importance of proper septic maintenance and the environmental impacts associated with a failing septic system. The cost-share program available to assist sleepy creek homeowners with septic pumping or repair needs is explained. Funding for this project was made possible by a grant from the environmental protection agency's chesapeake bay program. Friends of bullskin run, water monitoring: this video was produced by the downstream project in partnership with the west virginia stream partners program and captures local volunteers gathered for a day of water monitoring on the stream at cool spring preserve. Alana hartman of the west virginia department of environmental protection led volunteers in a benthic macro-invertebrate test to learn more about the water quality and health of bullskin run. River walk on the farm: funding provided by the keith campbell foundation to capture footage of conservationist robert whitescarver's guided walk around his cattle farm on middle river in swoope virginia highlighting nutrient and bacterial count reductions as water travels through the restored riparian buffer system. Footage will be compiled into a demonstration video in 2018.