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Blackwater / Ivy Creek Water Quality Study The Freshwater Ecology Laboratory is in its 5th year of a study and to draw conclusions concerning the Blackwater Creek Watershed in Lynchburg Virginia. We have designated six sites throughout the watershed for continued study. Each study site is characterized according to type of land use that surrounds the area. These designations are: agricultural based on farming and other agricultural practices in this portion of the watershed, forested/pasture based on undisturbed or grasslands in the area, urban based on high development throughout the area, suburban based on moderate development, recovery based on forested/pasture in the latter portions of the watershed, and restoration based on work in this area to improve the conditions of the watershed. Each of these designations must be considered when analyzing each of the study areas.
The Reports represented here demonstrate the work of this class in monitoring the water quality of this important river throughout the city of Lynchburg, Campbell and Bedford Counties.
State of the Watershed Report 2006 Last Updated April 2005 |
