Category: Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection

A large trailer equipped with air monitoring equipment sits in the parking lot. A logo that says "Team Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet" is visible on the side of the trailer, along with the words "Emergency Response Team Rapid Response"

Environmental First Response in the Wake of the UPS Plane Crash

One Year Later, EEC’s Emergency Response Team Members Reflect on their Work By Kirsten Delamarter It’s not uncommon for EEC’s Emergency Response Team to be among the first to arrive on scene after a major incident that has environmental impacts. They’ve responded to rickhouse fires that sent bourbon flowing into nearby streams, train derailments that […]

Man and lady in stream surveying mussel population.

OKNP Partners Up to Survey Kentucky’s Streams for Mussels 

A collaborative team of environmental professionals recently gathered at the Quiet Trails Nature Preserve, located along the Licking River, to conduct a comprehensive mussel survey. Participants included representatives from the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves (OKNP), federal and Kentucky fish and wildlife agencies, the Kentucky Department of Transportation, and Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC.