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get to know your river basin 1. what is the name of our river basin? 2. for our river basin: a.

GET TO KNOW YOUR RIVER BASIN
1.
What is the name of our river basin?
2.
For our river basin:
a.
Total miles of streams and rivers:
b.
Total acres of lakes:
c.
Counties within basin:
d.
Size (miles):
e.
Population within basin:
3.
Where are the headwaters for the Yadkin River?
4.
How many man-made reservoirs does the Yadkin River flow through?
5.
What does the Yadkin River’s name eventually change to?
6.
Into what ocean does our river flow? At what bay?
7.
What 4 major river tributaries serve the Yadkin-Pee Dee River?
8.
What 3 major creeks serve the River?
9.
Of the lakes that serve the River, which is the largest?
10.
Of the lakes that serve the River, which is the oldest?
11.
Why was Badin Lake originally built?
12.
Name 3 forested areas that cover or lie within the basin.
13.
What are 2 federally listed endangered species that inhabit (or
once inhabited) the basin?
14.
What created the Uwharries?
15.
What is Pilot Mountain State Park?
16.
How did Pilot Mountain State Park get its name?
17.
Gold was found in NC:
a.
In what year?
b.
In what creek?
c.
By who?
d.
Before or after the California Gold Rush?
18.
Before the mid-1990s, what was thought to be the major source of
pollution in the Yadkin River?
19.
Now, instead of farming, what is contributing to the large amount
of sediment in the River?
20.
Who has responsibility for the health of waters in the basin?
21.
What is the Mitchell River Watershed Coalition (MRWC)?
22.
What are some of the things the MRWC has done to protect the
basin?
23.
What is Alcoa’s Yadkin, Inc. doing to protect the basin?
24.
What does the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hope its designation
of “critical habitat” will protect?
25.
What is the name of the creek that is one of the last refuges for
this species? Through what city does the creek run?
26.
What’s the name of the fish that biologists considered extinct
until it was rediscovered in the basin in 1985?
27.
How do biologists track the movement of the species you named in
#26?
28.
If you wanted to go hiking and see the Big Pinnacle, where would
you go?
29.
If you wanted to hike and bike the Dark Mountain Bike Trail, where
would you go?
30.
If you wanted to hike and bike the 156-foot bridge over the
Reddies River, where would you go?
31.
Name 3 lakes within the basin where you and your friends could go