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WHAT IS A WATERSHED?
Everyone lives in a watershed! In fact, you are in one right now. A watershed is defined as the land area that drains into a stream, lake, or other body of water. Its boundaries are defined by ridgelines or high elevation areas. All water runs downhill, so you can think of a watershed as a drainage basin.
Everything that happens in a watershed affects the health of its rivers and streams, for better or worse. Unfortunately for the Upper Guyandotte watershed, many negative activities have left the area facing some major environmental problems.
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UPPER GUYANDOTTE RIVER WATERSHED
The Upper Guyandotte watershed stretches across 260 square miles
through portions of Wyoming and Raleigh Counties–all of the land area
over which surface water flows to reach the Upper Guyandotte River.
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