Landower's Guide to Managing Streams in the Eastern United States

Authors: L.A. Helfrich, Extension specialist and professor, Virginia Tech; D.L. Weigmann, director, Office of Science and Technology, State of Nevada; R.J. Neves, leader, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Publication Number 420-141, posted December 1998

Stream water quality largely depends
on land-use practices such as farming, mining,
and forestry in the upstream drainage basin.

Return to the Drainage Basin section of the Introduction.