French Broad River Basin Coalition Meets 10-Year Water Quality Restoration Goal
Agricultural runoff protections and riverbank tree plantings in Buncombe and Henderson counties deliver the cleanest water test results in fifty years.
State environmental monitors in Western North Carolina reported that the upper French Broad River watershed has officially achieved its highest water clarity and dissolved oxygen scores since systematic testing began in 1974.
The achievement follows a decade of public-private partnerships uniting local apple orchards, craft breweries, and conservation trusts to fence livestock out of feeder creeks and restore 85 miles of native riparian canopy.
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