MSU, KWS to host community roundtable
Morehead State University and Kentucky Waterways Alliance will host a community roundtable at Clearfield Tabernacle Church in Clearfield to discuss the completion of the watershed-based plan for the Dry Creek watershed. The roundtable will take place on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 4-6 p.m.
The roundtable is part of KWA’s effort to assist community and local groups with creating plans to improve water quality. The roundtable is the second community forum related to the development of a watershed plan. The first session was designed to gather water quality concerns from people living in the watershed. The second roundtable will focus on the findings of MSU’s researchers and the presentation of possible best management practices.
The purpose of the proposed best management practices is to improve the quality of the water so that Dry Creek can be removed from the state’s impaired waterways list.
The Dry Creek Watershed Based Plan also is providing assistance to develop a Watershed Planning Guidebook for Kentucky. This project is funded by a Clean Water Act Section 319(h) grant through the Environmental Protection Agency and Kentucky Division of Water.
KWA has been working with representatives from four watersheds from the Licking River and Salt River basins, including Dry Creek, to create watershed-based plans during the guidebook’s development.
The roundtable will be a chance to present their work to the community.
For more information, contact April Haight, plan facilitator and director of MSU’s Environmental Education Center at a.haight@moreheadstate.edu.
Posted: 11-19-09
