Ohio River Foundation News & Updates

Expanding on its popular education programs and burgeoning restoration work, Ohio River Foundation is pleased to announce that its Youth Conservation Teams (YCT) program

Since 1824, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has been the primary force in changing the Ohio River from a free-flowing river with an average depth of 18 inches to a series of 20 lock and dammed pools with minimum depths of 13 to 25 feet.

This paper is intended to identify and compile different issues necessary to consider ecosystem restoration of the Ohio River. This effort was encouraged and assisted by federal and state agencies, environmental organizations, and watershed scientists.