Watershed Watch interest in Clarks Run grew into a broader effort that received USEPA 319h funding for the development of a formal watershed plan. The CREEC organization continues to provide community education, local outreach, and coordination of community projects. Additionally, multiple grants have been awarded to CREEC, the City of Danville, and others to carry out watershed plan recommendations to improve the creek.

Several projects have come about in Mason County due to sampler support and the interest of the Mason County Conservation District. An educational grant was used to provide student education about water quality in Clark's Run of the North Fork Licking River. And, Lee's Creek of the Licking River was selected as a USDA focus conservation project area, which enabled significant funding to help farmers reduce sediment and bacteria entering the streams using various conservation practices.

Years of volunteer sampling and the presence of the local Headwaters organization enabled the 2020 completion of a watershed plan for three subwatersheds of the North Fork. This plan is now being utilized as a framework by community interests to further engage local residents in pursuing water quality improvements and recreational opportunities.

The U.S. Forest Service and Kentucky Waterways Alliance (KWA) helped Watershed Watch samplers, members of the Friends of Red River, and other partners to further sample the upper reaches of the Red River and develop a watershed plan.  The recommendations of this plan are now being carried out with the leadership of KWA and local partners. An annual Wild & Scenic Red RiverFest celebrates the river's status as the only nationally designated Wild and Scenic River in Kentucky and helps build awareness and enthusiasm for appreciating and protecting this special waterway. 

Wolf Run is one of the first and most successful examples of volunteer-led studies and improvements to a Kentucky waterway.  The Friends of Wolf Run continues to track threats to the creek, coordinate service projects, and have some fun along the way! They have been extremely successful in garnering funding support for various stormwater improvement projects from the USEPA, Kentucky Division of Water, and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and have many local partners who support their efforts.