Science-based planning
Whether focused on a parcel of land, a watershed, a region, or a state, the best planning documents are informed by sound science and rigorous analysis. Downstream Strategies catalogs current conditions, links policy and management options with scientific data, performs economic benefits analyses, and writes detailed plans to arm our clients with the technical expertise needed to improve and protect vital resources.
Rivers and watersheds
Downstream Strategies provides wide-ranging water resources planning assistance for watershed groups, river management organizations, government entities, and nonprofits.
- Alternative energy futures and scenario development
- Analyses of energy-related permits
- Energy development and market trends analyses
Habitat and conservation plans
- Habitat assessments
- Conservation plans
- Tract management plans
Climate adaptation planning
- Climate adaptation plans
- Greenhouse gas inventories
- Climate mitigation and greenhouse gas reduction planning
- Cost-benefit analyses of alternative reduction and mitigation strategies
- Analyses and support for purchasing or selling carbon offsets and renewable energy credits
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Projects
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Water Infrastructure: How a Failure to Act Would Affect the U.S. Economic Recovery
We performed research and analysis to estimate future drinking water and wastewater/stormwater capital and operations and maintenance needs and spending. We then calculated spending gaps for the nation’s water infrastructure and, with our partners, estimated the economic impacts should the federal government fail to reinvest in key infrastructure projects.
West Virginia’s Energy Future: Ramping Up Renewable Energy to Decrease Costs, Reduce Risks, and Strengthen Economic Opportunities for West Virginia
In this report, we compare the current trajectory of West Virginia’s electric utilities—estimated to maintain 84% coal-fired generation in 2035—against an alternative future that includes more energy efficiency, solar energy, and wind energy. We document several of the benefits that a diversified energy portfolio would bring to ratepayers, workers, and the West Virginia economy.
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