The Founding River
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History about the James!
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Fun Facts about the James
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Explain what a watershed is
James River Watershed
The James River Watershed is over 10,000 square miles winding through all of central Virginia. Starting in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, winding through the Piedmont Plain, falling through Richmond, and finally snaking into the Coastal Plain into the Chesapeake Bay. Along its journey, it encounters some 2.5 million people within its watershed, farmland and cityscapes, forests and highways, dams and rapids. This diversity of form and scope is one of the major reasons we studied 'The Mighty James.

Get more regionalized findings here, which explains the findings of a smaller scale, focusing in on the regions of the James. The Upper, Middle, and Lower James are all distinct geographic, demographic, and socioeconomic regions that operate by different means. Here, we analyze the data regionally to search for such relationships.

Access the complete report here, which highlights raw data, data-sources, and the methodology used to come to our conclusions discussed in our findings. Also available is a downloadable report that explains the project in its entirety, for those who want to examine, replicate, or more fully comprehend the study.

The Sustainable James team recognizes that there is a lot of information regarding the James, whether it be concerned with policy affecting the James, inspiring stories about the river, or new research regarding its health and state. Below are a series of websites that we believe may help you find all the information you need.