A special summit last week in Louisville, the Ohio River Basin Confluence, brought together people working to support healthy waters, communities and economies that are tied to the historic river that flows from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania down to Cairo, Illinois.

The conference was held at an important juncture for the river. This summer, a 308-mile stretch of the Ohio that runs past Louisville and Southern Indiana was named a National Water Trail. Meanwhile, the alliance and other groups are finalizing an ambitious ecological restoration plan for the Ohio River Basin, with a bipartisan effort underway to win federal support for it.

The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting has been covering these developments and recently hosted a community conversation about the river.

Chris Loren

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