Statistical Contact Report for FY2025Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025

332486

Total Hours

Contributed.

1596996

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

3426

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

120588

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

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Chronic Wasting Disease Education and Surveillance

Deer hunting is a very popular activity in Ballard County. Our large percentage of farmland, wildlife refuges, river bottoms and general rural heritage result in an area where deer tend to thrive. While deer do substantial damage to some crop fields every year, cause numerous problems for automobiles and insurance companies and even resulted in problems at grain elevators this year with “deer poop” in wheat samples, we want our deer population to be healthy.Kentuckys first confirmed case of Chro...

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Chronic Wasting Disease Education and Surveillance

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Kirk
Dr. Kirk W. Pomper is the Professor of Horticulture in the College of Agriculture, Community, and the Sciences at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky. As Horticulture Research Leader, his... More

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