Over recent decades, organized volunteers have worked to wrangle a dizzying number of tires from Kentucky’s rivers and streams. In some watersheds, groups report recovering thousands per year.

High water floods Middleburg Road in Casey County, Ky., on Friday, April 4, 2025. Ryan C. Hermens rhermens@herald-leader.com With the ground soaked in much of Kentucky, rivers and streams full or ...

A U.S. EPA report stated that 55% of U.S. rivers are in bad condition. View this beautiful interactive map for inspiration to protect these waterways.

Rivers rose and flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and storms that killed at least 20 people.

The flood that struck Frankfort saw the Kentucky River peak on December 10 at a record 48.47 feet and led to the state capital being almost completely cut off from the rest of the commonwealth ...

The rain has caused streams in the region to swell to historic levels, including the North Fork of the Kentucky River at Jackson, which is expected to crest at 43.5 feet, 14 feet above flood stage ...