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The New River - "Something in the Water"
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
The sun sets over Sandstone Falls on the New River new Hinton, West Virginia. At 1,500 feet wide and 10 to 25 feet tall, Sandstone Falls is the largest waterfall on the New River.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
Commercial rafters nearing the end of their day under the New River Bridge near Fayetteville, West Virginia. Home to 90,000 residents, the New River watershed's local economy depends on recreational tourism like commercial rafting, fishing and other water related activities. In 2010, commercial rafting brought more than $50 million of economic benefit to the region.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
New River Gorge National River Superintendent Don Striker laughing nervously as he prepares to rappel from the center of the 876 foot tall New River Bridge near Fayetteville, West Virginia. Striker is a proponent of using the area's resources as an attraction and has worked tirelessly to help allow bridge walks and rappels as a means of adding to the local recreation based economy.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
Professional whitewater kayaker Bryan Kirk and his friends playing in the waters of the New River. Kirk travels the world paddling different rivers, but has chosen to call Fayetteville, West Virginia and the New River his home. Aside from the local economy, Kirk's own livelihood depends on the health of the river he plays and practices in every day.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
New River squirtboating local Steve O'Keefe doing what he does best by getting some down time in the New River near Fayetteville, West Virginia. Squirtboating is a form of kayaking that is performed underwater. Squirtboaters use low volume kayaks and the current of the river to perform tricks underwater for as long as possible. Ask a person like O'Keefe about the meaning of clean water and you will likely get an ear full.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
College students on a commercial rafting trip down the New River near Fayetteville, West Virginia. Home to 90,000 residents, the New River watershed's local economy depends on recreational tourism like rafting, fishing and other water related activities. In 2010, commercial rafting brought more than $50 million of economic benefit to the region.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
A representative from Trout Unlimited and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources prepares to stock Piney Creek (tributary of the New River) with fingerling trout. Home to 90,000 residents, the New River watershed's local economy depends on recreational tourism like commercial rafting, fishing and other water related activities. It is estimated that fishing contributed $1.19 billion to the state's economy in 2010.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
A group of commercial rafters taking a break from the rapids to swim in the New River near Fayetteville, West Virginia. Home to 90,000 residents, the New River watershed's local economy depends on recreational tourism like rafting. In 2010, commercial rafting brought more than $50 million of economic benefit to the region.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
Ricky Back, of Matheny, West Virginia, shows the crayfish he has found in the marshes above Sandstone Falls on the New River near, Hinton, West Virginia. "I've been coming out here for crawdads for 50 years," Back said. Back uses the crawdads for stews and bait for fishing. Home to 90,000 residents, the New River watershed's local economy depends on recreational tourism like commercial rafting, fishing and other water related activities.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
Levi Rose, the Wolf Creek Watershed Coordinator, samples water in Wolf Creek near Fayetteville, West Virginia. Wolf Creek flows directly into the New River and has been notorious for contaminated water due to sewage overflow.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
A National Parks Service employee counts the number of fecal coliform found in a water sample taken from a creek feeding the New River near Fayetteville, West Virginia. Home to 90,000 residents, the New River watershed's local economy depends on recreational tourism like commercial rafting, fishing and other water related activities.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
Matt McLane, from West Virginia American Water, stands above an aeration tank at their Fayetteville wastewater facility near Fayetteville, West Virginia. WV American Water has made significant investments in improving their recently acquired system, including the additional equalization tank seen in the background.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
Bill Burgos, Professor of Environmental Engineering at Penn State, takes measurements and samples of toxic sludge seeping from an old mining site near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The toxins are in the New River watershed and will eventually make their way into the water.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
Commercial rafters load buses and head to the put-in for the lower New River near Fayetteville, West Virginia. Home to 90,000 residents, the New River watershed's local economy depends on recreational tourism like commercial rafting, fishing and other water related activities. In 2010, commercial rafting brought more than $50 million of economic benefit to the region.
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The New River - "Something in the Water"
The New River's mysterious morning fog as seen from the Grandview lookout near Beckly, West Virginia.
