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About the organizer
Tim Guilfoile
Tim Guilfoile
Cumberland Chapter
3078 Elmwood Drive
Edgewood, KY 41017
Phone: (513) 232-8330
Email: tim.guilfoile@sierraclub.org

Sierra Club EPEC Program
Northern Kentucky

Our project in a nutshell

Northern Kentucky Water Sentinels
Watershed - Licking River

  • Number of streams: 30

  • Stream names: Banklick Creek, Big BoneCreek , Bowman Creek , Cruises Creek, DeCoursey Creek , Elijah's Creek , Fourmile Creek, Garrison Creek, Gunpowder Creek, Landing Creek, Lick Creek , Licking River, Middle Creek, Grassy Creek, Tenmile Creek, Ohio River, Phillips Creek, Plum Creek, Pond Creek, Riffle Creek, Sand Creek, Scaffold Creek, Second Creek, Steep Creek, Taylor Creek, Twelvemile Creek, Willoughby Creek, Willow Creek, Woolper Creek

  • Number of stream miles monitored: 300

  • Number of square miles in watershed: 2,812

  • Human population of watersheds: 500,000

  • Number of trained monitors: 120

  • Number of sampling locations: 150

  • Number of samples taken: Over 500 Annually

  • Cooperating organizations: Licking River Watershed Watch, Banklick Watershed Council, Northern Kentucky Fly Fishers, Kentucky Waterways Alliance, 5th District Federation of Kentucky Sportsmen

  • Cooperating academic institutions: Northern Kentucky University, Thomas More College




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