Elizabeth M. Looney Watershed Coordinator Headwaters, Inc. Hello!My name is Elizabeth Looney and I am the new Watershed Coordinator for Ky Headwaters! I have lived in Southeastern Kentucky most of my life and Letcher County has been my home for…
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Spring 2013 Stream Clean-up at Campbell’s Branch Community Center
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New Web-Tools Address Need for Water Monitoring in Letcher County
In June of 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, caught fire. Filled for decades with raw sewage and various pollutants, Time Magazine once described the Cuyahoga as the river that “oozes rather than flows,” and in which a person…
Recent Report Puts Headwaters in Local Media
Since the release of our latest county-wide stream survey, Headwaters has received a substantial amount of attention in the local media. Here is a quick round-up of local press features that will serve to interpet and summarize some of the…
Fall 2011 Metals Sampling Results & Report
On November 19th, 2011, volunteers with Headwaters Inc. conducted heavy metals sampling of fourteen streams and twelve streambeds in the Kentucky River watershed of Letcher County. Headwaters, Inc. co-founder and former AmeriCorps VISTA Evan Smith and current VISTA Tarence Ray have…
West End of Letcher County Under Boil Water Advisory
If you live in Blackey, Isom, Jeremiah, Colson, Deane, Highway 7, & Low Gap, you are currently under a boil water advisory. Headwaters spoke with the Letcher County Water & Sewer District this afternoon and learned that, during road construction in Knott…