Author: Traci Johnson
Major Program: Wildlife Habitat and Damage Management Education
Educational programs that strengthen agriculture production skills are a continued priority identified by the Oldham County Extension and Agriculture Councils. A hindrance to producing food in Oldham County is damage caused by nuisance wildlife. This damage ranges from deer feeding on gardens and crops to black vultures feeding on newborn livestock.Challenges include heavy deer population – with neighborhoods being close together in some parts of the county, hunting is not always
Author: Rex McBride
Over 30 participants explored gunpowder creek on June 2, 2018. Participants were encouraged to bring kayaks/canoes, or rent one from our local marina, "The Knot". The Extension Service partnered with the Boone County Conservation District, and SD1 to provide education about the ecology, and history of the creek and surrounding areas, as well as a demonstration of aquatic sampling methods by seining, dip netting, and electro-shocking. Participant responses to the post-questionnaire incl
Author: Meagan Klee
With a vacancy in our ANR Agent position, we strive to provide educational programs for ourcommunity and its members.Tree Farmer of the YearIn December, Billy Thomas invited me to attend a tree farm visit at the Taylor Family Farm. The TaylorCounty Farm was in the running to be awarded Tree Farmer of the Year.We were informed in the spring that the Taylor Family had won and that they will host a field day in theFall. I will be working with Billy Thomas, Doug McLaren, Jerry Little (Boyle Co. ANR)
Author: Jay Hettmansperger
Garrard County is very diversified in the area of animal agriculture and the kinds of species that are raised in the county. Garrard County is well known for it’s beef production, but there are also several sheep, goat, llama and alpaca producers. All these producers have one thing in common, they worry about predators killing newborn offspring. Producers take care of their livestock all year long to produce offspring and hopefully be able to market these animals so the produce
Author: Stacy White
~~According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “rabies is a preventable viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. The vast majority of rabies cases reported to the CDC each year occur in wild animals like raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes”. For several years the USDA has maintained an Oral Rabies Vaccination (ORV) barrier along the Appalachian Mountains to prevent the westward movement of a raccoon strain of rabies which
Author: Clay Stamm
During the fall of 2018 I was fortunate enough to be able to partner with a Clark County landowner and University of Kentucky Wildlife Specialist Dr. Matthew Springer to plant a demonstration plot for a wildlife planting. The plot was planed in mid-August with a goal to host an educational wildlife food plot work shop in mid-October. Topics to be covered in the workshop would be "food plot site preparation" which would be covered by myself, then Dr. Springer covered "different foo
Author: Ralph Hance
The Third Annual Hunt Your Food program was a great success again. Even though numbers were not what we had hoped for the entire program was well received. The collaboration of this agent and my 4-H counter part went well as usual. The participants were a small percentage of hunters in the area. What was lacking in numbers was made up in by enthusiasm. All members were very active, responsive and asking extremely good questions. By utilizing expertise from 3 different speakers, we were able to e
Author: Keith Hackworth
Directed by the needs’ assessment from our County Extension Council, Extension has been involved in the educating the local clientele about wildlife issues and prevention of wildlife problems. Some individuals want to improve the habitat conditions on their farms or forested lands to benefit wildlife. Others are dealing with problems and damage caused by wildlife. Several programs, events and demonstrations were conducted to meet these needs. A wildlife prevention fencing demonstration, ed
