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A whooper returns
C-J files, Pam Spaulding An endangered whooping crane made a short visit to Louisville last weekend. Jeff Frank, executive director of Future Fund, Inc., a land trust working to protect open spaces and...
View ArticleEPA starts Floyds Fork cleanup process
Looks like there are more than 150 people in the Eastern High School auditorium tonight for the EPA’s “TMDL” meeting on Floyds Fork. The waterway drains 284 square miles in six Kentucky counties, and...
View ArticleEPA folks explain Floyds Fork study
The EPA officials at last night’s Floyds Fork meeting, in their own words, is below. My write-up and observations were posted at Watchdog Earth last night, and can be found here.
View ArticleEPA, state, work on Floyds Fork cleanup plan
WFLP’s Erica Peterson and I tweeted similar thoughts at about the same time at last night’s EPA public meeting on a Floyds Fork cleanup plan they are working on. Erica: They’re spending a lot of time...
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How to engage in Floyds Fork watershed planning and cleanup
Floyds Fork in winter. Credit: The Courier-Journal, files. People who want to give the state input in a plan for cleaning up and protecting water quality of Floyds Fork should sign up now. It won’t be...
View ArticleSee what a little electricity turns up when applied to Floyds Fork
With the new Cabela’s opening in Louisville, I was inspired to jump on the invitation from Ellen Doolittle of the Parklands of Floyds Fork to check out some fish surveying today. Dane Balsman from the...
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Report tallies bacteria in Floyds Fork
Fun on the Fork earlier this year. Credit: Tyler Bissmeyer/Special to The Courier-Journal. A new draft report on Floyds Fork documents just how much icky bacteria is in it — and it’s a lot. In some...
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Floyds Fork pollution get public airing
Floyds Fork in winter. Credit: The Courier-Journal, files. Watching government wrestle with stormwater runoff is akin to watching paint dry. Actually, paint dries a lot faster with less contention....
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