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Efforts to restore the Townsend Creek watershed
began in 2005 and focused on building capacity
through field days and landowner meetings. This
coordinated effort prompted landowners to imple-
ment agricultural BMPs, such as installing stream
crossings, excluding livestock from streams, restoring
riparian areas, and stabilizing areas frequently used by
livestock. In the Strodes Creek watershed, the Strodes
Creek Conservancy has worked with landowners
since 2003 to conduct watershed planning, repair and
replace septic tanks, exclude livestock from streams,
restore riparian areas, and acquire and protect land. In
the Fleming Creek watershed, stakeholders imple-
mented agricultural BMPs that helped to restore a
4.8-mile creek segment. (Refer to the Fleming Creek
Success Story at http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/
success319/ky _ fleming.cfm). In 2010 stakeholders
continued their work by developing and implementing
a Fleming Creek subwatershed plan.
Results
In 2004 KDOW collected monthly samples to reas-
sess conditions along the 4.6-mile impaired segment
of the Licking River. The data showed that DO levels
ranged from around 6.0 mg/L to 8.0 mg/L during
the sampling season, well above the minimum level
required for aquatic life use support (Figure 2). As
a result, KDOW removed this segment (river miles
0.0-4.6) from the state's list of impaired waters in
2006. This represents a move from partial to full
support of the aquatic life designated use for this
segment of the Licking River; however, the segment
remains listed as impaired for bacteria.
Partners and Funding
Partners involved in developing the Banklick
Watershed Council included the Kentucky
Waterways Alliance, Sanitation District No.1, the
Kenton County Conservation District, the local
planning commission, and concerned citizens.
Approximately $12,500 in CWA section 319 funding
supported this effort, of which about $7,500 was
used for personnel and education.
Partners involved in the Townsend Creek watershed
restoration effort included The Nature Conservancy
(TNC), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), conservation
districts, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS),
Kentucky Division of Forestry, University of Kentucky
Agricultural Extension Service, Bourbon County
4H, Licking River Valley Resource Conservation and
Development Program, Friends of Stoner Creek, and
Licking River Dissolved Oxygen Assessment Data
Violates water quality standards (WQS)
24-hour average WQS
Instantaneous WQS
Date
Figure 2. Data collected in 1999 (orange) show violations
of the dissolved oxygen water quality standard. Follow-
up data collected in 2004 (blue) show that Licking River
dissolved oxygen levels fully comply with the standard.
multiple landowners. Approximately $900,000 in
CWA section 319 funding was spent in this water-
shed, $537,200 of which supported project manage-
ment, monitoring, and BMP-related costs.
Partners involved in the Strodes Creek watershed
restoration effort included the Strodes Ceek
Conservancy, City of Winchester, Winchester
Municipal Utilities, Licking River Watershed
Watch, Clark County Health Department, Kentucky
Waterways Alliance, Clark County Conservation
District, Kentucky Division of Conservation,
U.S. Forest Service, and TNC. Approximately
$680,000 was spent in this watershed, including
$408,000 in CWA section 319; funds supported the
Strodes Creek Watershed Coordinator staff position,
monitoring, and BMP-related costs.
Partners involved in the Fleming Creek watershed
restoration effort included the NRCS, Fleming
County Conservation District, Kentucky Division
of Conservation, Farm Service Agency, Redwing
Ecological Services, Kentucky Farm Bureau,
Community Farm Alliance, University of Kentucky
Agricultural Extension Service, and numerous land-
owners. Approximately $1.6 million in CWA section
319 funding was used in this watershed through
three separate projects. Approximately $950,000
supported agricultural BMP implementation,
water quality monitoring, and the Fleming Creek
Watershed Coordinator staff position.
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January 2014
For additional information contact:
John Webb, Kentucky Division of Water
502-564-3410 • John.Webb@ky.gov
Lajuanda Haight-Maybriar, Kentucky Division
of Water
502-564-3410 • Lajuanda.Haight-Maybriar@ky.gov
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