A small waterway in southern Clark County is now officially named .
In 2017, , a subsidiary of Jurgensen companies, went to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to ask for a to discharge water from their proposed mining operation into a small local waterway that runs through private farmland. The company and the state called the waterway an 鈥渦nnamed tributary.鈥� Kathleen Mathews, who鈥檚 on the board of the environmental group , says that gave her an idea.
鈥淚t was so small and so insignificant it didn't have a name. It just really annoyed me." She says "that was part of the reason nobody was upset and so I just decided that I was going to try to figure out how you get things named.鈥�
In July, the Mud Run Conservancy鈥檚 application to name the tributary was approved by the . Now, the tributary is officially known as Coyote Run.
Mathews says that鈥檚 a nod to the increasing number of coyotes living around the waterway. She also hopes that the naming of the stream will help people feel more of a connection to it. Students from Greenon School District picked the name from a list of five finalists.
Enon Sand and Gravel鈥檚 discharge permit is still pending. In, the OEPA requested supplemental information related to the permit application from the company. Also, in 2018, while sampling Coyote Run, the OEPA found a population of redside dace, a and .
Environmental reporter Chris Welter is a corps member with , a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms.
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