Author: Matthew Springer
Major Program: Wildlife Habitat and Damage Management Education
Black vultures have received a lot of attention in the last few years due to an apparent increase in livestock related losses and other issues. To combat this seemingly growing problem for cattle producers in Kentucky and surrounding states, UK Wildlife Extension Specialist Dr. Matthew Springer along with Purdue University, Murray State University, and USDA Wildlife Services have begun a black vulture focused research project looking at various aspects of vulture nesting behavior, movements, and
Author: Adam Huber
Wildlife Wednesday Video Series Allen County is very diverse in terrain, from flat bottoms to rolling pastures and woodlands there is an abundant amount of wildlife living throughout the landscape. According to the 2017 agriculture census, 21% of Allen County’s 168,697 farm acres is considered to be woodlands. With this large amount of woodlands, wildlife habitat and the banks of the 10,100 acre Barren River Lake present in the county, it’s a no brainer to have wildlife programm
Author: Lacey Kessell
Nearly 10% of Boone County, Kentucky’s population is unsure if they have enough funds to put food on the table consistently for themselves and their family. The county is also ranked third in the state vehicle accidents caused by deer. Although seemly unrelated, these two issues formulated an idea with Boone County Extension’s Environmental and Agriculture agents. Boone County Extension partnered with KY Hunters for the Hungry, Glier’s Meats and University of
Author: Benjamin Rudy
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a fatal neurological disease that effects whitetail deer and other deer species. This disease has been spreading through the deer populations for a several years, but has recently become an issue with deer population in neighboring states to Kentucky. Though this disease has not been found in Kentucky, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife have been monitoring the deer populations for this disease through collecting samples from harvested deer or deer that were
Author: Susan Fox
Although the corn and soybean production in western Kentucky provides ample food for our deer, outfitters and local land owners want to attract deer to their land. To help them achieve success a Wildlife Food Plot Workshop was offered by Trigg and Lyon County Extension ANR Agents at the Trigg County Recreational Complex in Cadiz. University of Kentucky Extension Wildlife Specialist, Dr. Matt Springer, was the speaker. The site was prepared in advance including taking a soil sample then chem
Author: Michelle Simon
Boone County, Kentucky has a population of 133,581; 9.9% of which is considered food insecure and 7.11% considered at or below the poverty level for the state of Kentucky. Couple this with the Northern Kentucky Tribune statistic of being ranked the top third county in Kentucky for the likelihood of being in a motor vehicle accident caused by deer, ignited the idea for a deer donation program in the county. Boone County Agriculture Agent and Environmental Agent partnered with the Kentucky D
