The Tradewater/Lower Green Watershed Watch has been sampling waterways in Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Todd, Union and Webster counties since 2000. There are over 90,000 miles of waterways in Kentucky and DOW is looking for citizens who are interested in sampling for water quality. The training is free and the equipment is "loaned" to you for as long as you are in the program. You will be trained on how to take a grab sample and perform basic field chemistry for dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature and conductivity. You will also be trained on how to perform habitat, physical and biological stream assessments. If you are interested in becoming a watershed watch volunteer you may register online at http://eppcapp.ky.gov/Watershed or by calling 1-800-928-0045.
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Scott Vander Ploeg, Chair
Pam Rector, Secretary
Nancy Flachskam, Treasurer
Dale Reynolds, Data Manager
Conrad Toepfer
Wayne Rosso and Henry Connor, Scientific Advisors
Please mark your calendars for the following events:
May 4, 2013 - Spring sampling
July 13, 2013 - Summer sampling
September 14, 2013 - Fall sampling
More details will be posted in the near future as soon as everything has been finalized.
Please keep watching for the 2013 training workshop schedule. If you did not attend a training workshop in 2012 then you still need to be re-trained. We will be setting that schedule very soon.
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“Life Below the Waterline”
Division of Water staff and volunteers participated in Owensboro’s Ohio River Expo held in October at English Park. The goa
l of the event, which is sponsored by the Owensboro Science and History Museum, is to make the public – and especially young people – aware of the importance of the Ohio River and the aquatic life it supports.
A main attraction was a visit from “Life Below the Waterline,” a traveling aquarium exhibit owned by the Ohio River Valley W
ater Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) and used to demonstrate the diversity of life in the river as well as the improvements being made in water quality.
The 2,200-gallon mobile aquarium has two 5-by-10-foot viewing areas and is stocked with fish commonly found in the Ohio River. Environmental education activities are geared toward children and participants learn about river flora and fauna, water testing and the elements of healthy water.
Kathy Olsen, executive director of the Owensboro Science and History Museum, which sponsored the event, said the aquarium allows children to get up close and personal with river life.
"It's unbelievable the wildlife you see, the fish you see out of the river right here," said Olson. "You don't get to look up eye-to-eye with the fish, some of these big fish that come out of our river, everyday. When you look at these fish eye-to-eye, it's a good reminder that there is a lot of life going underneath that river that we don't see."
Joann Palmer, a member of the DOW Watershed Management Section staff, dressed as the DOW mascot Ollie the Otter to encourage school children to learn more about how they can protect Kentucky’s water resources. Water Sentinel volunteer Sandra Durham explained river life to school children who visited the ORSANCO exhibit.
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Samantha Durham teaching about dissolved oxygen in water |
Joann Palmer teaching with the enviroscape |
Children learn about life below the waterline |
Life Below the Waterline Aquarium |
Big Fish at Life Below the Waterline |
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