To support the Kentucky Watershed Management Framework, a statewide Watershed Steering Committee meets regularly to provide guidance, oversight and communication to interagency/organizational activities.

The body includes state and federal agencies, universities, nonprofit advocacy groups, trade associations and local government associations. It is the highest-level coordinating forum for the watershed process.

Focus Watershed Information:  The Focus Watersheds are watersheds selected by the Watershed Steering Committee as areas for focused restoration and protection efforts and resources.  Five watersheds were selected as Focused Watersheds.  For an update, see the links below; these links will take you to the Basin pages, with links to various information about each focus watershed.

• Boiling Springs (Salt River Basin Management Unit)
• Cane Run (Kentucky River Basin)
• Clarks Run (Kentucky River Basin) 
• Elkhorn Creek (Big Sandy River Basin)
• Pleasant Grove Creek (Lower Cumberland Basin)  

Watershed Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

State

• John McCauley (director), Ernest Collins, Division of Pesticides, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
• Ken Spach (director), Public Health, Protection and Safety, Kentucky Department for Health Services
• Lynn Garrison, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
• Don Dott (director), Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission  
• David W. Morgan (director),  Division of Water, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
• Bruce Scott (director), George Gilbert, Division of Waste Management, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
• Steve Coleman (director), Division of Conservation, Kentucky Department for Natural Resources
• Leah MacSwords (director), Division of Forestry, Kentucky Department for Natural Resources
• Stephen Reeder (executive director), Kentucky River Authority
• Jim Dinger, Kentucky Geological Survey
• Jim Kipp, (Lindell Ormsbee) Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute
• Jeff Hanna, Kentucky Department for Local Government
• Ira Linville, Kentucky Department of Agriculture
• Allen Luttrell, Kentucky Department for Natural Resources 

Federal

• Tim Higgs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville
• Patrick Neichter, John Zimmerman, William Byron, U.S. Corps of Engineers, Louisville
• Mark Ayers, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
• David Sawyer, Jack Kuhn, Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Lee Barkley, Lee Andrews, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Peter Tennant, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO)
• Janet Herrin, Don Becker, Tennessee Valley Authority, Water Management Division
• Gary Coleman, Jon Walker, U.S. Forest Service
• Dave Beam, Office of Surface Mining, Lexington Field Office
• Richard Thomas (executive director), Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE)

Organizational

• Tom FitzGerald, Kentucky Resources Council
• Hank Graddy (president), Sierra Club
• Judy Petersen, Kentucky Waterways Alliance
• James Everrett, Area Development District (ADD) Council
• Curtis Absher, Cooperative Extension Service
• Bob Arnold (executive director), Scott Martin, Kentucky Association of Counties
• Ken Oilschlager (president), Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
• Sylvia Lovely (executive director), Reggie Van Stockum, Jerry Deaton, Kentucky League of Cities
• Kori Jones, Farm Bureau Federation
• Gary Lairmore, Kentucky Rural Water Association
• Jimmy Grimm, Kentucky Water and Wastewater Operators Association
• Jeff Sole, The Nature Conservancy
• William Martin, Eastern Kentucky University

Support Staff

Basin Coordinators

• Kay Harker (supervisor), Basin Coordination Section, Division of Water, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
• Steve Reeder, David Hamilton, Kentucky River Authority
• Rob Miller, Division of Water, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
• Dale Reynolds, Division of Water, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
• Janet Miller, Jackson Purchase RC&D Foundation
• Ted Withrow, Division of Water, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
• Lajuanda Haight-Maybriar, Division of Water, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
• Angela Kessans, UK Cooperative Extension Service

Division of Water

• Tom VanArsdall, Water Quality Branch
• Ron Price, Resource Planning and Program Support Branch
• Tom Gabbard, Field Operations Branch
• Shafiq Amawi, Facilities Constructions Branch
• Peter Goodmann, Groundwater Branch
• Sandy Gruzesky (assistant director), Division of Water
• Donna Marlin, Drinking Water Branch
• Jory Becker, KPDES Branch
• Art Clay, Water Resources Branch
• Peter Goodmann, Watershed Management Branch