Soil and Water
Soil and Water

BACKYARD STREAMS

BACKYARD STREAMS

Backyard Streams

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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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Living Along a KY Stream

Living Along a KY Stream

Protect, enhance, and preserve your local waterways by learning more about these natural spaces.

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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
Central KY Backyard Stream Guide

KY Stream Guide

Learn more about backyard streams and how to protect them and improve habitats and water quality in Central Kentucky.

Backyard Stream Guide
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My Kentucky River Basin

Identify and explore your river basin and find ways to protect it with this interactive map from the KY Division of Water.

Explore Your Basin
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Special Stream Conditions

Check out this resource to see if your stream has unique, sensitive or especially valuable biotic resources to be aware of.

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Planting Along Your Waterway

Planting Along Your Waterway

This publication covers best practices for planting along your waterway to improve the quality of your local stream, pond or lake.

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Protecting Urban Streams

Find information about urban stream challenges and ways to help protect and foster healthier waterways in our cities.

Urban Stream Pubs

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Be a Backyard Stream Steward

Join local volunteers in bettering our watersheds, streams, buffers, and overall water / habitat health.

BE A STREAM STEWARD
Challenges for Urban Streams (Part 1 of 12)

Challenges for Urban Streams

(Part 1 of 12)

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Backyard Stream Basics (Part 2 of 12)

Backyard Stream Basics

(Part 2 of 12)

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Fluvial Geomorphology 101 (Part 3 of 12)

Fluvial Geomorphology 101

(Part 3 of 12)

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Ecosystem Services 101 (Part 4 of 12)

Ecosystem Services 101

(Part 4 of 12)

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Streambank Erosion 101 (Part 5 of 12)

Streambank Erosion 101

(Part 5 of 12)

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Riparian Buffer Vegetation 101 (Part 6 of 12)

Riparian Buffer Vegetation 101

(Part 6 of 12)

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Stream Restoration 101 (Part 7 of 12)

Stream Restoration 101

(Part 7 of 12)

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Stormwater 101 (Part 8 of 12)

Stormwater Quality 101

(Part 8 of 12)

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Low Impact Development 101 (Part 9 of 12)

Low Impact Development 101

(Part 9 of 12)

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Permitting 101 (Part 10 of 12)

Permitting Requirements 101

(Part 10 of 12)

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Karst 101 (Part 11 of 12)

Karst & Groundwater 101

(Part 11 of 12)

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Watershed Assessment 101 (Part 12 of 12)

Watershed Assessment 101

(Part 12 of 12)

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Cross Keys

Cross Keys Park

Streambank Restoration with Lisa Ciolli

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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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Backyard Streams - Gardenside Park

Gardenside Park

Backyard Streams Series

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Backyard Streams - Colony Neighborhood

Colony Neighborhood

Backyard Streams Series

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Backyard Streams - Landsdowne Branch

Landsdowne Branch

Backyard Streams Series

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Big Elm Fork of Vaughn's Branch

Big Elm Fork

Backyard Streams Series

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Vaughns Branch Creek - Stream Restoration

Vaughns Branch Creek Restoration

Stream Restoration Series

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Vaughns Branch Creek - Update

Project Update - Vaughn's Branch

Stream Restoration Series

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Guy Cove Aerials

Guy Cove Aerial Views Footage

Stream Restoration Series

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Natural Stream Restoration: Streams in Nature (Part I)

Streams in Nature (Part 1)

Natural Stream Restoration

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Natural Stream Restoration: Good Stream Gone Bad (Part II)

Good Stream Gone Bad (Part II)

Natural Stream Restoration

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Natural Stream Restoration: Restoring Streams (Part III)

Restoring Streams (Part III)

Natural Stream Restoration

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Contact Information

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