The Licking River Watershed Watch (LRWW) is a volunteer citizen-based organization. The volunteers monitor streams throughout the watershed, conducting synoptic sampling three times each year, during high flow (spring), normal flow (summer), and low flow (fall) conditions. A variety of data has been collected since 1998. This data includes dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity, temperature, nutrients, fecal coliform (including E. coli), flow conditions, habitat assessments, and biological macroinvertebrarte assessments. Water quality information is used by the state and others to improve the health of streams.

Interested volunteers will be trained to conduct water quality monitoring. Two workshops have been scheduled for April 10, 2010. The workshop locations are Bourbon County Extension Office (9:30 am to 1:30 pm) in Paris and Boone County Extension Office in Burlington.  To become a volunteer and to learn more about LRWW go to http://www.lrww.org.

Brian Reeder, Quality Assurance Officer
Morehead State University, Morehead
606/783-2957
b.reeder@moreheadstate.edu

Christopher Lorentz
Thomas More College Ohio River Station, California
(859) 344-3373
Chris.Lorentz@thomasmore.edu

Ted Pass
Morehead State Water Testing Lab, Morehead
606-783-2961
t.pass@moreheadstate.edu

 Mindy Scott

Sanitation District No.1, Northern Kentucky

859-578-6743; mscott@sd1.org

Geoff Gearner
Morehead State University, Morehead
606-783-2803; g.gearner@moreheadstate.edu

Science Advisor Dr. Brian Reeder adresses the LRWW Conference

Join us for our annual conference
February 19, 2010 – Evening Reception, 5:00-10:00 PM
February 20 – Conference
Registration 8:30 AM
Conference 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Free, includes lunch
Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park
Daniel Boone Room in the Lodge

Issues and actions will be explored in this no-holds barred frank discussion of watershed issues.  This event marks the most extensive gathering of government, scientific and community leaders working on watershed issues.