Hidden Hollows Entrance, October 9, 2006 - HH Panoramas

Environment

Land Development

Land Development in Hampshire County, WV - Impact Assessment (PDF)

Land Reclamation/Acid Mine Drainage (West Virginia University)

Environmental Protection

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

Virginia Department of Quality (DEQ)

Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)

Agriculture

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

West Virginia Department of Agriculture - Home page

USDA Natural Resources Conversation Services (NRCS) - West Virginia

West Virginia Agricultural Statistics - U.S. Department of Agriculture

NCSS Web Soil Survey website (determine the suitability of the soils in your area for a particular use)

Manure - An Excellent Fertilizer - Echochem article

Agricultural Animal Health Programs Benefit Farmed Wild Deer

Rivers & Streams

Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB)

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) Save Our Streams (WVSOS VAD)

Fox Run Stream Monitors Area - Hidden Hollows certified WVDEP Stream Monitors

Wetlands

Backyard Wetland (NCRS) webpage (if you have a naturally occurring wet spot, or a low swale or drainage way with heavy clay soils, you can easily turn it into a wetland paradise)

Wetlands Reserve Program website (a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property)

Ponds

Backyard Pond - Department of Agriculture NRCS

Raising Trout in Ponds in West Virginia - WVU (PDF)

Pond volumn calculator - pondcare.com

Algea control - West Virginia University

Protect your fish pond from hungry Herons:
Good suggestions (southern Georgia) - ponddoc.com
Save your Koi and goldfish from the Heron - buildingmypond.com
Stop Herons from taking your goldfish - happy-goldfish.com
Over-wintering Fish and Koi Ponds - pond-doctor.co.uk