I have gotten behind on my blogging, so I'm going to reach back and tell about some explorations I made a couple of weeks ago. On March 14th, I looked at the James throughout the area from Lynchburg to Glasgow and a bunch of the tributaries. This was another one of those recent periods when we had really high stream flows and, of course, that often means muddy water in the streams.
Here's a photo of the James River near Big Island on that day:
At the same time, some of the tributaries in this area had high flows but, having watersheds protected by forests, they looked much different. Here's Otter Creek, which flows alongside the Blue Ridge Parkway and enters the River just downstream from the Parkway bridge across the James:
The water here was clear and beautiful. And you can see the stark contrast here, at the spot where Otter Creek enters the River:
There's a strong message here. Don't let anyone tell you that all streams get muddy during heavy rains and high flows. 
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