You are part of a watershed. The health of your watershed affects your life everyday. Whether you live in the mountains, or on the Eastern Shore, city or country, you need clean water for drinking, cooking, bathing, washing and many other uses. Water can be a friend if you enjoy fishing, crabbing, boating, swimming or its scenic beauty. Unmanaged, it can also be an enemy.
Dams can only help control floods.
Polluted water kills fish, crabs and other life we depend on. Sediment from erosion clogs streams and smothers plant and aquatic life that is so important to the health of the Chesapeake Bay. People living above you in a watershed affect your water. You have a responsibility to people living below you in a watershed too. Managing forests and trees can help.