BACKGROUNDCities, like Blacksburg, frequently have degraded surface water quality. Poor water quality limits the ecosystem services provided to the residents and downstream users. Improving urban water quality requires understanding the socio-ecology of urban hydroscapes and designing effective management practices that include outreach and awareness programs.
An important step in this process is to understand the relationship between residents and water features and quality in ci+es. Through a community survey and GIS mapping/modeling, this effort seeks to identify the values and uses that town members associate with different areas of Stroubles Creek (e.g. recreational waters, ecological diversity, etc.) in order to learn how and why residents value different hydroscape features, as well as community educational/outreach needs to ensure the support future watershed remedia+on efforts. |
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STUDY SITE: BLACKSBURG'S WATERSHED
Pictures courtesy of Meredith Steele.