Author: Matthew Springer
Major Program: Wildlife Habitat and Damage Management Education
Kentucky Forest Leadership Program 2022 - 2023 Authors: Laurie T. Thomas, Matt Springer, PhD., Blake Newton, Ashley Osborne and Amanda Gumbert, PhD.The Kentucky Forest Leadership Program (KFLP) is a collaborative effort of UK Forestry and Natural Resources Extension, UK Entomology Extension, the Kentucky Department of Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Kentucky Division of Forestry. The educational program managed and administered by UK Forestry and Natural Resources Extens
Author: Jason Vaughn
Hook and CookA 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Recreation found a 7% decrease in the number of anglers in Kentucky. In response to falling participation, The Department of Fish and Wildlife and the University of Kentucky Extension Service partnered to introduce more kids to fishing.Department of Fish and Wildlife developed a curriculum that covered rules and regulations, the basics of fishing gear and setup, and identifying local fish. In addition, they provided fishing
Author: Kristin Hildabrand
The Warren County Cooperative Extension Service and the Warren County Extension Master Gardeners collaborated with the City of Bowling Green during the first ever Tree Week in October 2022 to offer butterfly garden tours and free tree giveaway. The City of Bowling Green hosted Tree Week during the second week of October from the 10th until the 15th to celebrate trees in and around the Bowling Green and Warren County communities. This event was especially important to the community to try and reb
Author: Laurie Thomas
Authors: Laurie Thomas, Matthew Springer, Ph.D, and Ashley OsborneCollaborators: Stacy White, Whitley County Cooperative Extension Service, Eric Comley Garrard County Cooperative Extension Service, Dr. Steve Price FNR University of Kentucky, United Trappers of Kentucky, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, USDA Wildlife Services KY/TN, WHEP National Planning CommitteeThe University of Kentucky’s Forestry and Natural Resources Extensions Team and 4-H Natural Resources Ashley
UK FNR Extension and UK 4-H Co-Host Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program FFA/4-H National CompetitionAuthors: Matthew Springer, Ph.D, Ashley Osborne, Laurie ThomasCollaborators: Stacy White, Whitley County Cooperative Extension Service, Eric Comley Garrard County Cooperative Extension Service, Dr. Steve Price FNR University of Kentucky, United Trappers of Kentucky, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, USDA Wildlife Services KY/TN, WHEP National Planning Committee Over three da
Author: April Wilhoit
The Fleming County Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent, Mason County horticulture agent, and Mason County program assistant partnered with the local library and Fish & Wildlife officers to host a cook wild program. The program was requested and gained a lot of interest as sign-ups were required. Registration limits were reached at 25 people, with a significant wait list.Prior to the program, a trip to Jungle Jim’s was planned to purchase wild game meat, but several types of meat we
Author: Levi Berg
According to the 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation of Kentucky Survey, there are 347,000 hunters in the state of Kentucky, and unfortunately, that is a decrease of 7% of hunters in from 2011 to 2001. Due to this decrease, the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife started working with the University of Kentucky Extension Agents to help in the recruiting process of new anglers. In 2022, the Clark County Extension wanted to help increase youth participation in fishing
Author: Kelsey Marcum
Hunting is an integral part of conservation and sustaining Kentucky's wildlife. Hunters are required to maintain proper licenses and certifications to legally hunt Kentucky wildlife. One of those certifications being the hunter education course which is required for all hunters ages 12 and up. Unfortunately, the number of people certified to teach this training has dwindled greatly in recent years. Because of this Casey County had not had a training offered for local hunters in many years.&n
Author: Jonathan Oakes
Hunting and harvesting your own food is a long standing tradition in the state of Kentucky. Each year thousands of hunter take to the woods and fields to harvest animals for additional and sometime all of their meat protein needs for the year. With this way of life also comes a responsibility to be a safe and ethical hunter, and Hunter Education is where hunters of all ages can learn more about safe, ethical hunting practices. This course helps to protect the hunter, other hunt
Author: Heather Graham
In celebration of Bat Week (Oct. 24-31), the Wolfe Co. ANR Agent hosted a bat house workshop. The agent started the evening discussing the importance of bats as pollinators and the plants that rely on bats. The agent had worked with the Regional Specialist for Food and Nutrition to revamp bat dependent recipes to meet SNAP requirements. Participants got to enjoy several recipes that had at least one ingredient that is bat dependent, including creamy avocado dip and trail mix. The agent then pres
Author: John Tucker
Wildlife Management and Chronic Wasting Disease UpdateOn August 25, 2022, Hickman, Fulton, and Carlisle Counties came together to host a Wildlife Management and Chronic Wasting Disease Update at the Hickman County Extension office in Clinton, KY. Hickman and Fulton Counties are currently 2 of 5 Kentucky counties in Western Kentucky in a surveillance zone for (CWD) because of 2 confirmed cases across the state border in Tennessee. The average total farmland used for production i
Author: Benjamin Rudy
The average total farmland used for production in each county is around 85% of the land. In 2021, the number of acres of land used for hunting was 225,343 acres. That same year 1194 deer were harvested in the Purchase area region. Carlisle, Fulton and Hickman County hosted a wildlife management and Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) meeting. One goal was to offer land owners and farmers a better way to manage their land for wildlife with minimum impact to their farm. Dr. Matt
Author: Chuck Flowers
