Soil and Water
Soil and Water

WATERSHEDS

WATERSHEDS

Watersheds

KY River

What is a Watershed?

We all live in a watershed. Learn more about your location within your watershed and the significant role you can play there. Find maps, tips, and more.

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Living Along a KY Stream

Living Along a KY Stream

Protect, enhance, and preserve your local waterways by learning more about the water quality in these natural areas.

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Reducing Watershed Pollution

Discover ways to reduce pollution in your local watershed and encourage others to do the same with these best practices and resources.

Reduce Pollution
virtual tour map

Watershed Virtual Tour

Explore multiple points along the Wolf Run Creek in Fayette County to learn more about the role of key stewards and watershed/greenway improvement projects.

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How's My Waterway?

Curious about the health of your local waterway? Enter your zip code and use this informative tool from EPA to find out!

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Kentucky Water Maps

Explore water ways on your property and in your community with KY Division of Water's (KDOW) interactive water maps.

KDOW Water Maps
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Farm Riparian Buffers

Protect and conserve your farm streams and local waterways with handy tips and other stream management resources.

Riparian Buffers BMPs
KWRI

Explore KWRI

Explore the history, research, and projects happening in Kentucky watersheds at the Kentucky Water Research Institute (KWRI) site.

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forested landscape buffer video

Forested Buffers

Better Buffers for Cleaner Water

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maintenance challenges

Maintaining Buffers

Better Buffers for Cleaner Water

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stream health

Stream Quality

Better Buffers for Cleaner Water

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tree planting demo

Tree Planting

Better Buffers for Cleaner Water

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citizen science

Volunteer Monitoring

Citizen Science

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virtual buffer talk

Forest Stream Buffers

Virtual Stream Day

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KY Waterways

with Dr. Amanda Gumbert

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heartland to gulf

Heartland to Gulf

Farmers Helping Farmers

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stream sampling

Stream Sampling

with KY Watershed Watch

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KY River Keeper video

KY River Keepers

KDOW with Barth Johnson

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Cross Keys

Cross Keys Park

Streambank Restoration with Lisa Ciolli

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kilrush

Kilrush Greenway

Food Forest Project with Nachie Braga

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Preston's Springs

Preston's Cave Spring

Riparian Area Restoration with Dr. Jerry Weisenfluh

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Pine Meadows Park Riparian Area Restoration

Pine Meadows Park

Riparian Area Restoration with Dr. Julie Marfell

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Big Elm Fork of Vaughn's Branch

Big Elm Fork of Vaughn's Branch

Stream Restoration Project with Dr. Amanda Gumbert

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Contact Information

Thomas Poe Cooper Building 730 Rose Street Lexington, KY 40546-0073