Carbon Storage and Headwater Health in Appalachian Headwaters
Environmental Researchers at Eastern Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky are jointly hosting a Summer research experience focused on watershed health in the Appalachian Headwaters of Kentucky.
2009 participants collect water and sediment samples in Pole Branch, Letcher Co.
The ten-week program includes overnight field trips to Lilley Cornett Woods--the oldest preserved remnant of old-growth forest in eastern Kentucky, the first and largest preserved remnant of old-growth forest in eastern Kentucky. Using the Lilley Cornett forest as a comparative control, we will then be studying other sites in and around Letcher, Perry, and Leslie Counties to examine how watersheds change in response to land use change--typically mining and forestry--and the reclamation activities associated with these extractive industries.
The dates for Summer 2010 are Tues June 1 through Friday August 6.
