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Watershed roots

Clearwater started with neighbor-led sampling.

Clearwater Watershed Trust formed when farmers and anglers wanted nitrate data they could read without a hydrology degree.

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Clearwater lab staff preparing water samples at the bench

French Broad chapters

Milestones published beside every quarterly nitrate chart.

  1. 2009

    First classroom adopters

    Three schools began logging samples on a half-mile reach near Marshall.

  2. 2015

    Kit lending library

    Meters and probes checkout from Haywood Street with calibration logs.

  3. 2020

    Flood flex fund

    Operating gifts shifted to debris removal after tropical remnants.

  4. 2024

    Easement closings

    Two steep farms sold development rights with annual stewardship visits.

Field season gallery

Plantings, sampling crews and classroom adopters on the basin.

Field kit of sample tubes prepared before a monitoring day
Volunteers calibrating probes at the lab
Tree-lined creek bank along a restored tributary
Buffer planting along a cattle crossing
Students gathered around a map and globe in class
Students logging a reach adoption map