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The Return of the Mighty Chestnut

Unfortunately, many of our readers have never seen an American chestnut. The reason most of you have probably never seen a chestnut in real life (I’ve only seen seedlings) is because they all died. Well, okay, not all, but “virtually…

We were on the Radio

Okay, so you kind of missed it. That’s our fault. We totally should have let you know about it before, rather than after. Sorry. But yesterday Regina Donour, Headwaters president, and I were on WMMT’s “Mountain Talk,” with Mia Frederick…

The 303d List: A Primer

I was asked recently by our board to prepare a discussion on the processes in various states for developing the EPA’s 303(d) list of impaired waters. In attempting to do that, I discovered that I do not, in fact, understand…

Tree Planting this Weekend

On Saturday (the 21st), in conjunction with the Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team (ACCWT) and the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI), we are coordinating a large tree-planting event. We will be planting roughly 2800 trees on 5 acres. We will…

Test Results

In response to the petroleum spill and water advisory that began on Monday (February 16th) in Letcher County, The Head of Three Rivers Project conducted several independent tests of both the stream and tap water. These test results can be…

Projects Update

There are a few Headwaters events coming up this month. March 14th: We are having a water-testing training workshop for volunteers this Saturday. We are meeting at 9:00 in the morning in front of the Harry Caudill Library in Whitesburg.…

Independent Water Test

The Head of Three Rivers Project is conducting independent tests of the both the stream and tap water of Letcher County. The stream samples were taken last Thursday (Febuary 19th) from sources above and below the contamination site and the…