Headwaters has a brand new Google Earth Tour of Letcher County. If you have even wanted to fly through Letcher County or been curious about how our watershed shapes our county, check this video out! We thank Ajeet Hansra, the Headwaters Summer 2011 Intern for creating this video for us!
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Macro-invertebrate Hunting in Lilley Cornett Woods
In late June, Headwaters assisted with a summer camp run by Jenkins Middle High School, hunting for macro-invertebrates in Lilley Cornett Woods. We managed to find an amazing array of bugs, from very small ones, to some as big as
Cowan Elementary School Summer Camp
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Class Action to move ahead in Diesel Spill Hearing
A procedural hearing was held in the Letcher County Circuit Court on Tuesday, the 28th of June, in order to determine whether the case against Childers Oil could be considered as a class action, as opposed to having 80 separate…
Update for Hearing on Class Action for Whitesburg Water Spills
UPDATE: The hearing to determine the suitability of a class action regarding the contamination of water in Whitesburg by diesel has been moved to next week. The hearing will now be at 2:00PM Tuesday, the 28th of June.
Hearing on Class Action for Whitesburg Water Spill
Today, a hearing in the Letcher County Circuit Court will be held with the intent of determining whether litigation against Don Childers for monetary damages for contamination of the Whitesburg water supply by diesel fuel should be considered a class…
What’s Your Water Story: Pt5
Headwaters Update!
June has been an exciting and busy month for Headwaters, with a number of activities occurring. Recently, team members have participated in the National River Rally in South Carolina, participated in outreach programs through summer camps, as well as continuing…
Water Testing at Jenkins Middle High School
The Headwaters Inc. team headed out to Jenkins Middle-High School from the 25th of May to the 1st of June, to run chemical water testing labs and to inform the students of J.M.H.S. about the importance of water quality in our lives. …
Jenkins KY Incident
Headwaters has gotten reports of a potential chemical spill in Jenkins, Kentucky. There have been substantiated reports of foam present in the stream and a major fish kill. Headwaters volunteers went to one of the reported sites, Smokey Row, and…