Land Cover - Its Impact on Water Quality
Map of land use in the Spring Creek Watershed in 2014. By clicking on the map above, you will open it as a pdf image that you can enlarge. Rain falls everywhere on the Spring Creek watershed. Where it falls, whether on the forested ridges, the agricultural valleys, or the built up and paved over neighborhoods, it has a profound impact on the water quality of its streams. The Centre Regional Planning Agency's estimate of land use in the watershed in 2014 was 38% forest, 29% ag