More than 100 groups say restoring and protecting the Ohio River Basin needs to be a national priority. The watershed that flows into the Ohio River covers most of Indiana, more than a dozen other states and at least 40 tribal nations.
Dan Boritt is the executive director of the Indiana Wildlife Federation. He said the basin suffers from years of industrial pollution as well as things like failing sewage systems and runoff from farm fields. That all flows downstream into the Ohio River and its tributaries.
Boritt said while areas like the Great Lakes and the Chesapeake Bay have national funding efforts to address pollution, the Ohio River Basin hasn’t seen the same investment…