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The Ohio River Basin has faced environmental setbacks, but a new project is working to restore it

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published September 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM EDT
The Ohio River provides the backdrop as a jogger makes a midday run along the riverfront in Louisville, Kentucky. (Ed Reinke/AP)
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The Ohio River provides the backdrop as a jogger makes a midday run along the riverfront in Louisville, Kentucky. (Ed Reinke/AP)

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Morgan Watkins, an investigative reporter covering health and the environment for LPM’s Kentucky Center, about a new project to restore the Ohio River Basin.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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