The Mohican and Kokosing Rivers form the Walhonding river. The Kokosing watershed covers an area of 482.0 square miles. The watershed drains portions of Morrow, Knox and Coshocton counties. The floodplain trees such as sycamore, basswood, red maple, and green ash tolerate periods of innundation. These riparian corridor trees are important in providing shade to the water and bank stabilizing root structure to the river banks.
Trees provide the primary food source to the aquatic system.
Without trees along the river's banks the essentials for a healthy clean stream is gone. If natural stream systems are to remain in Ohio trees are the necessary first line of defense in preserving these biological diverse system.