DarbyCreeks.org
Title
Darby Creek Association, Inc. Home Page
Description
Big Darby Creek is nationally recognized as one of the last healthy streams in the Midwest. It is one of the few places where man and nature have managed to coexist in relative harmony, to the benefit of both. Today this "ribbon of green" flows through a mostly rural setting, providing residents with welcome beauty, open space and wildlife. It also:
Despite Darby’s reputation, the natural and scenic state of the watershed is under continual threat from erosion, development, deforestation and pollution.
A healthy river corridor has a lush and diverse plant life along its banks. Ecologists have shown that a thick buffer of diverse vegetation is an integral part of a healthy ecosystem. Trees provide the river with shade upon which many species depend, while their roots extract pollutants from the soil before they reach the river and help stabilize banks by preventing soil erosion.
Contact
- Darby Creek Association, Inc.
- Plain City OH
- United States 43064
- +1.6147611247