The Reedy River represents a case study in watershed development and its associated
ramifications on the biological integrity of fish communities. The Reedy watershed harbors land
use activities ranging from intensive urban/suburban development and associated population
growth in the Greenville metropolitan area to extensive agricultural and relatively undisturbed
forested areas. Such heterogeneity provides a spatial framework for characterizing the gradient
of disturbance and the associated effects on fish assemblage integrity.
Published in the Greenville News Online, Saturday, August 12, 2006 - 6:00 am Nicole Hill had no way of knowing what pollution might have lurked in the water as her sons Ryan, 6, and Adam, 3, waded knee-deep in the Reedy River.