2. Sweet Run Tributary
Site Description: Sweet Run is a tributary to Piney Run, which in turn is a tributary of the Potomac. This site is located near Arnold Trail at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in Neersville.
Certified Lead Monitor: John Ellis started conducting benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring at this site in the spring of 2021. This site was previously monitored from 2008 to 2010.
Ecological condition rating scores resulting from benthic macroinvertebrate surveys at the Sweet Run site starting in Spring 2021. This site continuously received acceptable ratings until Fall 2023, when it received an unacceptable rating. These surveys cannot detect bacterial pollution.
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