BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN TZID:America/Kentucky/Louisville X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Kentucky/Louisville BEGIN:VEVENT UID:25757@lexfun4kids.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville;VALUE=DATE:20250322 DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville;VALUE=DATE:20250331 DTSTAMP:20250323T002454Z URL:https://lexfun4kids.com/events/water-week/ SUMMARY:Water Week DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 22 – Sunday\, March 30\nWater\, water\, ever ywhere! – though oftentimes unseen! Kentucky has over 90\,000 miles of s urface rivers and streams. Natural\, underground waterways are also very p resent in Kentucky. Our annual Water Week event celebrates these waterways and highlights our role in protecting them. Water Week includes events fo r all ages\, abilities and interests. Water Week is sponsored by the Unive rsity of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture\, Food and Environm ent\, Fayette County Public Schools\, the City of Lexington and local wate rshed groups.\n\nWater Week Events 2025\n\n\n\nStream Walk at Veterans Par k Saturday\, March 22 | 9 – 10:30 a.m. Veterans Park Picnic Shelter #1 | 650 Southpoint Drive Host: Hickman Creek Conservancy Take a short walk a long and near West Hickman Creek in Veterans Park as we have a chat about water quality and the West Hickman Watershed.\n\n\n\n\n\nTest the Waters! With Lexington Parks and Recreation Saturday\, March 22 | 10 – 11:30 a.m . Raven Run Nature Sanctuary | 3885 Raven Run Way Host: Parks and Recreati on Parking instructions: Please park in the visitor parking lot. Check-in at the Nature Center. Want to help take care of our water? Did you know th at you can learn a lot about the quality of our creeks\, lakes and rivers just by exploring what critters live in them and by conducting a few simpl e chemical tests? Come join us at Raven Run Nature Sanctuary to learn how to do water quality tests and how you can become more involved in the stew ardship of your local waterways. The program is best suited for adults and children 10+ years. Registration is required. The program is free. If we have inclement weather\, the program will be held indoors. If you have any issues registering\, call the Nature Center at (859) 272-6105. Pre-regist er here\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLitter pictured from 2012-2014 Photo by Malcolm Stall ons\n\n\n\n\nStreambank Cleanup at Gardenside Park Saturday\, March 22 | 1 0 – 11 a.m. Gardenside Park | 1835 Yorktown Road\, Lexington\, KY 40504 Host: Gardenside Neighborhood Association Spring is here and it's time to celebrate our waterways. Let's gather at Gardenside Park on March 22\, 202 5 to cleanup our streambank along the Wolf Run creek as it makes it way th rough Gardenside Park. We will pick up trash in the streambank buffer and if the water level permits\, clean trash from the creek bed. Participants should wear closed-toe shoes and if planning to enter the water\, waterpro of boots. Work gloves\, vinyl gloves\, trash bags and trash pickers will b e available. We will meet under the pavilion at Gardenside Park.\n\n\n\n\n \nReforest Frenzy 5K\, 1 mile! Saturday\, March 22 | 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Hi sle Farm Park | 3551 Briar Hill Road Host: John's Run/Walk Shop John’s B luegrass Racing Company\, ASICS\, and Lexington’s Division of Environmen tal Services are excited to present the Reforest Frenzy 5K\, 10K\, and 1-M ile Dash at Hisle Farm Park. Race proceeds will help raise money to purcha se trees for this year’s Reforest the Bluegrass in April. With your help \, we hope to plant hundreds of trees after the race at home and thousands more during Reforest the Bluegrass. All race participants will get race p rizes\, including the option to take a tree to plant at home after their r un or walk. Participants can also choose to have their tree planted on the ir behalf at a 2025 Reforest the Bluegrass event. Register for race\n\n\n\ n\n\nWaverly Park Volunteer Day Sunday\, March 23 | 2 – 4 p.m. Waverly P ark | 4244 Southmoor Park Host: Friends of Waverly Park Join Friends of Wa verly and Parks for a volunteer workday! We will be removing invasive plan ts\, working in our pollinator garden\, mulching\, and starting a rain gar den. Please bring gloves\, shovels\, garden trowels\, and/or wheelbarrows if you have them. Where your closed toe shoes! Register for event\n\n\n\n\ n\nStormwater Sleuths Monday\, March 24 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. 548 E Sixth S treet Host: LFUCG\, Division of Water Quality Come learn what's hiding in stormwater and the tools you can use to solve the crime! You will learn ab out water quality parameters\, urban stormwater challenges\, and the ways you can help improve the quality of the stormwater around you. You will be able to take part in a hands on water quality testing activity.\n\n\n\n\n \nUK Stream Restoration BioBlitz Monday\, March 24 | 1 – 3 p.m. 103 Regu latory Services Bldg Host: UK Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Join us as we explore and document the various organisms living in and ar ound the stream using iNaturalist. This bioblitz event will be held at the Alumni Drive/Nicholasville Road stream restoration site on University of Kentucky's campus on 3/24/25 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm as a part of Lexington's Water Week. Parking is controlled in the area\, so participants without a UK parking pass will need to park off campus and walk over to join us. We will meet at the upstream pavilion near the roundabout by UK Regulatory Se rvices. Register for event\n\n\n\nParking: Parking is controlled in the ar ea\, so participants without a UK parking pass will need to park off campu s and walk over to join us. We will meet at the upstream pavilion near the roundabout by UK Regulatory Services.\n\n\n\n\n\nColdstream Park Trash Pi ckup Wednesday\, March 26 | 1 – 3 p.m. Coldstream Park | Legacy Trail Pa rking Lot Host: Stantec &\; EcoGro Cane Run runs through the Coldstream Park and is an important recreational destination with many ecological fe atures unique to Lexington including a connection to the Bluegrass' karst system through a number of sinks\, swallets\, springs\, and other groundwa ter-to-surface water features. The Legacy Trail provides access to Cane Ru n along Coldstream Park with a stunning view of the stream and riparian ha bitat. Lexington is headwaters to Cane Run and the urban watershed contrib utes pollutants associated with the dense urban setting - namely floatable trash. Two Lexington businesses\, EcoGro Inc. and Stantec Consulting Serv ices Inc.\, are dedicated to removing this trash from Cane Run. A key loca tion for trash removal is at Coldstream Park - come join us as we remove t rash\, walk the riparian habitat\, and discuss the challenges with urban s treams.\n\n\n\n\nThe 7th Annual Salamander Search at Raven Run Feb. 20\, 2 016.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Stream Dream: Practicing Stream Restoration and Conser vation Wednesday\, March 26 | noon – 2 p.m. 2516 Sandersville Rd Host: B eaver Creek Hydrology\, LLC Beaver Creek Hydrology\, LLC is hosting a Wate r Week event to highlight our favorite topic: Streams! These vital tributa ries play a key role in the health of larger waterways and local ecosystem s. Join us for a mini lecture and fun activities focused on stream buffer zones through invasive species management and promoting biodiversity\, ide ntifying aquatic macroinvertebrates (bugs!)\, and understanding water qual ity indicators. Event website\n\n\n\n\n\nUK Stream Restoration BioBlitz We dnesday\, March 26 | 1 – 3 p.m. 570 Wildcat Ct Host: UK Department of Fo restry and Natural Resources Join us as we explore and document the variou s organisms living in and around the stream using iNaturalist. This biobli tz event will be held at the Alumni Drive stream restoration site adjacent to John Cropp Softball Stadium on University of Kentucky's campus on 3/26 /25 from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm as a part of Lexington's Water Week. The stream restoration site is a short walk from the lot. We will meet at the parkin g lot behind the softball stadium and walk to the site as a group. Parking : Parking will be available behind John Cropp Softball Stadium. The stream restoration site is a short walk from the lot. We will meet at the parkin g lot and walk to the site as a group. Register for event\n\n\n\n\n\nThe W atershed Scale of Climate Change Thursday\, March 27 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road\, Floracliff Nature Sanctuary Host: Floracliff Na ture Sanctuary Seminar Presenter: Dr. Alice Jones Wendell Berry once said\ , "Our understandable wish to preserve the planet must somehow be reduced to the scale of our competence--that is to wish to preserve all of its hum ble households and neighborhoods." Thinking about climate change through t he nested hierarchy of waterways and watersheds----the tiniest backyard tr ibutaries merging into larger and larger streams and rivers at the regiona l and continental scale--helps us reduce the scale of a global challenge t o a neighborhood and community scale. We'll examine global and regional cl imate predictions in the Kentucky River and its nested tributary watershed s to better understand how a changing climate will affect both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in and around our "humble households and neighborh oods." Register for event Parking: There is a 1/3-mile walk from the visit or parking lot to the Trail's End Lodge. Closer parking is available by re quest\n\n\n\n\n\nFishing with Daniel Boone Thursday\, March 27 | 6 – 8 p .m. McConnell Springs Park | 416 Rebmann Lane Host: Bluegrass Trout Unlimi ted Join Bill Carmen\, professional fishing guide and accomplished author\ , to enjoy a conversational journey through the rivers and streams of Dani el Boone's life - including the stories of Boone's adventures on 25 of tho se streams\, and the modern perspective of a fly fisherman today. Audience members will learn more about the history of Kentucky and how Boone exper ienced our local waterways\, a celebration of both history and water. This event is free and open to the public\, and accessible for all ages. Faceb ook event \n\n\n\n\n\nKilrush Food Forest Riparian Buffer Cleanup and Com munity Gathering Thursday\, March 27 | 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. 1135 Kilrush Dr Host: Geomancer Permaculture\, LLC &\; UK Department of Forestry and N atural Resources Geomancer Permaculture\, LLC and the University of Kentuc ky Department of Forestry and Natural Resources are partnering to host a r iparian buffer cleanup and community gathering at the Kilrush Food Forest on Thursday\, March 27th from 12:30 – 3:30pm. Join us as we work togethe r to clean up a substantial dump site in the riparian forest across the cr eek from the food forest and connect with other community members. Tools\, gloves\, and refreshments will be provided. Event website Parking: Parkin g is available on the street at 1135 Kilrush Dr.\, Lexington\, KY 40504 or at the Valley Park parking lot.\n\n\n\n\n\nTown Branch Commons Water Wal k Thursday\, March 27 | 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. 540 E Third St Host: LFUCG - Di v. of Environmental Services and Div. of Parks &\; Recreation Join us a t Town Branch Commons for a Water Walk in celebration of Water Week! We wi ll be walking the trail\, picking up litter\, and learning about historica l Town Branch. Gloves\, trash pickers\, and bags will be provided. Please dress appropriately for working outdoors and bring water. Learn more about  Town Branch Commons here. Register for event Parking: Participants shoul d park in the spots along Lewis Street and meet at the Charles Young Park playground. We will travel westward along the trail towards downtown and t hen loop back around.\n\n\n\n\n\nFarm Road Rain Garden Cleanup Friday\, Ma rch 28 | 1 – 4 p.m. 1398 Nicholasville Rd Host: University of Kentucky M artin-Gatton College of Agriculture\, Food and Environment This event is a service-learning event at the University of Kentucky's Farm Road Rain Gar den. Participants will learn about green infrastructure for stormwater man agement and the benefits of incorporating green spaces and outdoor learnin g environments into campus. There will also be a service portion of the ev ent where participants will clean up trash\, manage plants\, and mulch the site. The event's primary focus is UK students from around campus\, but c ommunity members are welcome to stop by. However\, no parking will be avai lable nearby for individuals without a UK parking permit. Event website Pa rking: No parking will be available nearby for individuals without a UK pa rking permit. The event is being held at this location.\n\n\n\n\n\nLitter Pick-Up in Idle Hour Park Saturday\, March 29 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. 212 St. Ann Drive Host: Idle Hour Neighbors Alliance We will pick up debris and l itter from the banks of our park's streams and from the stream beds. Idle Hour website Parking: It's best to park along St. Ann Drive.\n\n\n\n\n\nBl uegrass Watershed Summit Saturday\, March 29 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. 500 Newto wn Pike Host: Bluegrass Watershed Summit Join us for a day of learning and collaboration as we discuss ways to protect and preserve our local waters hed.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lexfun4kids.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 03/160220Salamander8282-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Age Range,Babies,Elementary,Free,Outdoor Activity,Parents,Preschoolers,Teens,Toddlers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Kentucky/Louisville X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Kentucky/Louisville BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR