Posts Tagged ‘Ohio River’

The Saga Ends: Indian Head Rock Returned To Kentucky

Posted on Nov 04 2010
The Indian Head Rock is back home in Kentucky. The eight ton boulder was pulled from the Ohio River...
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Sewage Spill Fouls Ohio River in Louisville

Posted on Nov 02 2010
Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District officials estimate 4.1 million gallons of sewage spilled into...
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21st Annual “River Sweep” to Clean Up Ohio June 19

Posted on Jun 18 2010
Photo credit: ORSANCO The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission will call on communities along...
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Kayaks and Canoes to Break Record in Pittsburgh?

Posted on May 27 2010
The Allegheny Front is reporting that an organization called Venture Outdoors is trying to break a world...
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Disasters Elsewhere Challenge Ohio River Coast Guard

Posted on May 10 2010
The U.S. Coast Guard in the Ohio River Valley has been spread thin, lately, responding to major natural...
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Ohio River Fish Show Higher Mercury Levels

Posted on Apr 07 2010
Fishing in the Ohio River is a popular activity.  But the latest tests show more mercury in fish...
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Carp Invasion Moving North?

Posted on Feb 04 2010
The federal government recently announced nearly $80 million dollars in funding to help Great Lakes states’...
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Drugs in the River: New Study Results

Posted on Feb 01 2010
On a small motorboat stopping at 24 sites from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois, aquatic biologists Erich...
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New Coal Ash Ponds Anger Kentucky Waterways Alliance

Posted on Dec 25 2009
A Kentucky environmental group tried to intervene in a case before the state’s utility regulators but...
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Climate Change Comes to the Ohio River

Posted on Sep 10 2009
“So, take your tow net on a long rope, toss it out into the river…” University of Louisville...
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