Posted by Evan Smith, OSM/VISTA This post is to summarize information about this weekend’s Lilley Cornett Woods Watershed Watch Trainings. The day is broken down into two segments, a Phase 1 for new volunteers and a Phase 2 for experienced…
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Phase 1 Component of June 16th Watershed Watch Training at Lilley Cornett Woods
Posted by Evan Smith, OSM/VISTA In response to those of you that have been wanting to get the basic Watershed Watch Phase 1 Training – the part that certifies you to take samples of water and have the lab analyze…
Phase 2 Watershed Watch Training, June 16th, Lilley Cornett Woods
Posted by Evan Smith, OSM/VISTA Isn’t it cute? On June 16th, 2007, Ken Cooke is going to be leading a free Phase 2 Watershed Watch training to teach everyone how to identify cuddly creature like this Helgramite. Why look at…
UCWW Training Next Week
Upper Cumberland Volunteer Stream Monitoring Training Posted by Evan Smith, OSM/VISTA The Watershed Watch training that was set to be on April 7th was forced to be canceled and has been rescheduled for this week. So now, on Monday April…
Watershed Watch training in Whitesburg
Posted by Evan Smith, OSM/VISTA I think perhaps i didn’t emphasize this enough in the previous post about WW… On Saturday, April 7th there’s going to be a Watershed Watch training in Whitesburg at Southeast Community College from 9am-1pm. This…
Community Correspondance Corps Pieces
Posted by Evan Smith, OSM/VISTA Local media arts center, Appalshop‘s newest project is the Community Correspondents Corps. The CCC is an effort to get everyday folks involved in media making that is aired on community radio and posted on the…
Acid Mine Drainage in Dry Fork
Acid Mine Drainage in Dry Fork On or around March 7, 2007, an abandoned mine had a blow out and now acid mine drainage is gushing into Little Dry Fork, just west of Whitesburg, KY. The orange water, increased water…
2007 Watershed Watch Sample Dates
Wanted to let people know and mark their calendars for 2007 Watershed Watch sample dates. Big Sandy Watershed Watch hasn’t announced their dates, that will be decided in April, but the following are the dates for Kentucky River (KRWW) and…
Acid Mine Drainage Blowout on Line Fork
Posted by Evan Smith, OSM/VISTA Long time no word but in the world of water when it rains it pours. So after a dormant winter the first Spring flowers have brought lots of water news. More will come soon BUT……
Source Water Assessment and Protection Plan For Elkhorn Lake (primary source) City of Jenkins PWSID # 0670213
Letcher County, Kentucky Prepared by the Kentucky Rural Water Association in cooperation with the Kentucky Division of Water TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………4 General System Information……………………………………………..7 Historical Water Withdrawal and Quality………………………………8 Steering Committee………………………………………………………..9 Source Protection in Kentucky ………………………………………..11 Source Water Assessment…