Streams and Trillium

This is Morrison Run, a stream barely 1/2 mile out of town and at the edge of miles of wilderness in the Allegheny Forest. The dog and I walk here regularly, as well as along many old logging trails and oil and gas roads. The flower is White Trillium, which I discovered is very fragile to being disturbed ( it may not bloom again for several years if picked) thus is a protected species in some states. It's not all that rare here but still nice to find along the roadside in wet woodsy areas. The pond is an old logging pond about a mile upstream of the other picture. In the old days I presume that the logs were stored here then floated down the stream to the Allegheny River by releasing the water. From there they went to Pittsburgh and beyond. Logs are transported by truck these days,and are still a world class export of these mountains.