The goal of the Backyard Streams program is to help homeowners understand how to protect and manage their backyard streams. Led by Drs. Gumbert and Agouridis, the program is based on the extension publication ID-242 Central Kentucky Backyard Streams. The program consists of workshops comprised of hands-on activities and field visits designed to educate and encourage action and discourse amongst participants as well as an online certificate course. The online certification course will launch late summer of 2019. The course is comprised of 11 modules covering the following topic: backyard stream basics, urban stream challenges, fluvial geomorphology, ecosystem services, streambank erosion, riparian vegetation, stream restoration, stormwater, low impact development, permitting, and karst. Once participants complete the online course, they will become a certified Backyard Stream Steward.  

Friends of Wolf Run participating in a Backyard Stream workshop in Lexington, KY.