AEP Watershed Restoration Research – Ten Years of Impact & Innovation

AEP Watershed Restoration Research

Since 2005, the American Electric Power Foundation has partnered with the Voinovich School to focus on watershed restoration in southeast Ohio. Together they created a regional model which could predict the biological recovery of a body of water after the reduction in acid mine drainage.

Hewett Fork doser near Carbondale, Ohio.

Hewett Fork doser near Carbondale, Ohio.

Hewett Fork doser near Carbondale, Ohio.

Hewett Fork doser near Carbondale, Ohio.

Hewett Fork doser near Carbondale, Ohio.

Hewett Fork doser near Carbondale, Ohio.

Hewett Fork doser near Carbondale, Ohio.

Hewett Fork doser near Carbondale, Ohio.

Hewett Fork doser near Carbondale, Ohio.

Hewett Fork doser near Carbondale, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.

Jen Bowman, Natalie Kruse,Assistant Professor, environmental studies, Elizabeth Migliore, 1st year graduate student, MSES, and Kristen Kindler, Americore Member-Raccoon Creek Partnership, work on water sampling at Hewett Fork, a tributary of the Raccoon Creek Water Shed, near Athens, Ohio.