In-Situ SmarTROLL - Water Quality Monitoring Spotlight

Important Trees/Shrubs of the Sinking Creek Watershed

New River Conservancy - Watershed Stewardship Spotlight, Part 2

New River Conservancy - Watershed Stewardship Spotlight, Part 1

This week, a change in scale is in order. While this blog focuses on the Sinking Creek Watershed, it is putting a watershed organization in the spotlight that covers the entire New River Watershed, of which Sinking Creek's watershed makes up only 1.2%. Though, like many similar organizations, it realizes that even the smallest tributaries are important when it comes to conserving a watershed. This will be a two part effort, with this first part providing a brief overview of the organization, and the second, more intimate, part coming next week, after a one-on-one phone call with Mr. George Santucci, the President of the New River Conservancy.

Sinking Creek Watershed as a part of the larger New River Watershed

Currently in its 40th year, the New River Conservancy's mission, as stated directly on its website, is "Protecting the waters, woodlands and wildlife of the New River watershed." Again, from their site, their vision is "that clean water, healthy land, and empowered people benefit our communities by creating a watershed where people want to live, work, and play. The watershed includes all the streams and brooks that feed the river and all of the forest, fields and communities that surround it." They have drawn out 3 steps to achieve their mission; they are, 1. Share and Foster Research, 2. Educate and Inspire, and 3. Protect and Restore. With a potentially inexhaustible list of issues to focus on, one of the more important current issues is the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline, as highlighted in the previous blog. This issue, and hopefully several others, as well as their view and efforts towards overall watershed stewardship within the New River watershed, including the Sinking Creek watershed, will be the focus of the phone call with Mr. Santucci on Thursday, October 13, 2016.


http://www.newriverconservancy.org/