Each group should research the location of the river, its benefits to people and animals, the current condition of the river and the potential effects on the river's ecosystem and the local community if the river were to become contaminated.

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After they moved into their own Monticello in 1991, the Kauffmans became enamored of the river's fragile ecosystem: the tidal marshes, the nesting osprey and the threatened native oyster beds.

FORBES: Ultradeductible