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Davis College team works to restore streams
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March 30th, 2011
A team of West Virginia University researchers are working to make the Mountain State wilder and more wonderful. WVU’s Natural Resources Analysis Center is collaborating with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources on an ambitious stream restoration project that aims to improve fish habitat and water quality.
The project combines research into existing brook trout populations and the development of strategies to improve stream habitats for them.
In addition to the fish’s desirability for fishermen, “Book trout are excellent indicators of water quality,” said Paul Kinder, a research scientist with analysis center. “If your brook trout population is thriving, that says volumes about the health of the stream.”
According to Kinder, the habitats have been compromised by a variety of circumstances. Old clear-cutting practices caused significant runoff. Railroad construction interfered with the natural development of streams and created unnatural obstacles. Acid precipitation negatively affects the pH of stream water.
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