West Virginia
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The West Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, about 14% of the state’s land mass, includes Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton and small portions of Preston, Tucker, and Monroe counties. More than 12% of West Virginia’s population lives in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The streams born in West Virginia’s mountains flow into major river systems that provide drinking water for much of the Mid-Atlantic. Two main tributaries of the Bay begin in West Virginia: the headwaters of the Potomac and James rivers both begin in the Mountain State.
State Lead
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Quarterly Call
The West Virginia State call is held monthly.
Virginia Blogs
For this Member Highlight, the Coalition's West Virginia State Lead, Maria Russo, interviews Alyssa Murray, Manager of Land Conservation at the Potomac Conservancy and Coordinator for the Safe Water Conservation Collaborative. Their edited conversation follows.