Community care guidelines
Protect the person. Protect the place. Record only what the project needs to coordinate safe, dignified stewardship.
Who may participate
Watershed Eye community accounts are currently for adults age 18 and older. Participation is voluntary, and a project lead may pause or remove access when safety, privacy, or community-care rules are not followed.
Emergency and protective-services reports
Watershed Eye is not an emergency, law-enforcement, medical, or protective-services reporting system. Call 911 for immediate danger. For suspected adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation in Kentucky, use the state reporting line at 1-877-597-2331.
Photograph conditions—not people
- Do not photograph an identifiable person, license plate, mail, medical item, or other unnecessary private detail.
- Do not enter a home, yard, posted area, work zone, traffic lane, railroad property, or other private or hazardous place without permission and an approved plan.
- For household-support needs, submit only from a safe public or permitted location. The photo and exact location stay restricted to the reporter and project leads.
Observe first; do not create a second hazard
Do not touch needles, chemicals, drums, sewage, unstable structures, downed power lines, weapons, explosives, unknown substances, or debris in moving water. Do not stop or park where traffic makes a photo unsafe. A report asks the project team to assess a condition; it does not authorize cleanup, entry, or removal.
Community conduct
- Share truthful first-hand observations. Do not use the service to shame, expose, threaten, harass, or speculate about a person or household.
- Keep messages focused on stewardship. Peer messaging requires both members to opt in; either person may block contact.
- Report concerning profiles, updates, or messages privately to a project lead. Project leads may preserve the reported content long enough to review and document a response.
- Volunteer recognition and newsletter use require separate opt-in permission. Private household referrals never become community content or recognition.
Project-lead decisions
Project leads decide whether a report is in scope, who may view field evidence, whether professional or agency referral is needed, and whether work can proceed safely. Reports may be rejected, restricted, de-identified, or deleted to protect a person, location, or project.
Questions
Contact brandon@restoringwhatwaslost.com with a safety, privacy, accessibility, or account concern.
Effective August 20, 2026 · Community agreement version 2026-08-20