Rockymarsh Run

Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

-Bryant McGill

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Dear Watershed Neighbors,

The Conservation Fund's Freshwater Institute is initiating restoration and protection efforts in Rockymarsh Run with the goal of restoring a native brook trout fishery in the stream and generating other local benefits for the area, while also contributing to regional Chesapeake Bay water quality restoration goals.

The Institute and its partners, Trout Unlimited, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, West Virginia University, and the West Virginia Water Research Institute, will work with local residents to plant trees and restore stream stretches in order to restore trout habitat, while also improving water local quality. These projects will be complemented by other activities including outreach efforts to land developers and decision makers to suggest planning and development approaches that connect development activities to the protection of the environment and neighbors’ property rights.

Source water protection, trout habitat, reduced physical infrastructure costs, protected property values, open/green space protection, and water quality are among the overlapping goals of project activities.

We are interested in your feedback, involvement, and ideas to help shape how and where the various activities are implemented in the watershed and to help build a community of dedicated stakeholders.

On this website you can learn more about ongoing activities in Rockymarsh project and how you can get involved!

Did You Know?

The word “watershed” refers to the entire area of land that flows into a stream or river. Another way of looking at it is all of the land above a point that drains to that point. Watersheds are “nested” from the small to the large. Rain falling on any part of a watershed will make its way into brooks, and then into rivers, eventually flowing into the sea. Human uses of the land anywhere in a watershed can have an impact on the water that flows through it.

What You Can Do...

Life out of doors is WILD! There are a ton of creatures to see while in your backyard—you just have to start looking. There are big and small creatures, some creatures brightly colored, some that are more subtle with their camouflage, some that live in the trees and some that live on or in the ground. Some can be seen only during the day, others only at night. They are aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic. Each is very special in its own way and contributes in some way to the ecosystem.