The Fernow Watershed Acidification Study is a long-term paired watershed acidification study, undertaken in the central Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, USA. One of the watersheds receives chronically elevated N and S amendments, while other watersheds serve as reference. The Study, which started in 1989, includes research of biogeochemical responses of streams, soils and vegetation, and includes research on effects on salamanders.

Reports on the long-term study, making it valuable not only to researchers, but also to policy-makers and government regulators One of the few studies to focus on deciduous hardwood forest ecosystems

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to the Fernow Watershed Acidification Study.- Fernow and the Appalachian Hardwood Region.- Soil Chemical Response to Experimental Acidification Treatments.- Soil Water and Stream Water Chemical Responses.- Vegetation and Acidification.- Response of Salamanders to Experimental Acidification Treatments.- Acidification and Nutrient Cycling.- Implications for Forest Ecosystem Sustainability and Resiliency.- Conclusions and Recommendations from the Fernow Watershed Acidification Study.