Sperryville river

Students from various Rappahannock County Schools spent an afternoon on the Thornton River last week learning about its health and ecology.

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Students from Rappahannock County Elementary School, Hearthstone School and Wakefield Country Day School enjoyed a day in the Thornton River last Friday to learn about Sperryville’s watershed and stream health. 

Inspecting the Thornton River

Inspecting the Thornton River's inhabitants

Continuing the tradition of RappFLOW, a now-defunct water preservation nonprofit that merged The Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP) in February, the RLEP-sponsored event featured volunteers from Old Rag Master Naturalists, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Friends of the Rappahannock, and RLEP work with fifth, seventh, and 12th graders in hands-on programs to engage in stream health monitoring and a variety of related activities. 

Students on the Thornton River

Students learned about Sperryville’s watershed and stream health. 

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