Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s bullfrog season opens May 16, as spring warms into summer
The mating call of the bullfrog is a sound we associate with summer. It’s a deep, cow-like bellow. While many…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: Anglers should be aware of non-native plants, animals found in Kentucky waters
Kentucky’s new license year begins March 1, which is also the unofficial start of spring fishing. Anglers are getting their…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The Rock Pigeon is an introduced species found in Kentucky year-round
The Rock Pigeon (Columba livia), formerly known as the Rock Dove, is an unusual breeding bird in Kentucky. It’s an…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The green heron is the most widespread nesting heron in Kentucky
The Green Heron (Butorides virescens) is found throughout Kentucky, but populations are lower in heavily forested areas where suitable nesting…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Fishing is a good summer outdoor activity, but adequate sun protection is vital
Summer is a good time to go fishing. The days are longer, thanks to Daylight Savings Time, so after work…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: New seed orchard program aims to grow seedlings for KY Division of Forestry
Plant a tree. Not just any tree, but one that produces quality mast, such as the White Oak (Quercus alba)….
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Lake Reba, in Madison Co., was impounded from Otter Creek in KY River Basin
Editor’s note: This is the nineteenth article in an occasional series on small lakes in central and eastern Kentucky. Lake…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Creation of plastic worm lure revolutionized the sport of largemouth bass fishing
A guy cooking up plastic in his kitchen and then pouring it into steel molds in his basement revolutionized fishing…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: News and updates for the 2024-25 fishing license year set to begin March 1
The new license year begins March 1st and continues through the last day of February the following year (2025). Here’s…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Dabblers are most abundant duck species in KY, found in a wide variety of waters
Dabbler ducks frequent a wide variety of waters in Kentucky. Waterfowl hunters take them on rivers, streams, small lakes and…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s modern gun season for whitetail deer opens November 11
Modern gun season, the main event of Kentucky’s annual white-tailed deer season, opens next weekend. This year the 16-day statewide…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s fall turkey season offers excellent chance to bag that holiday bird
Hunters in Kentucky have lots of opportunities to bag a wild turkey in the fall, considering our long archery season,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Once nearly absent in the state, the house wren now most abundant in NKY
The House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) has the distinction of being one of the very few songbirds that were rare or…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A history and guide to crossbow hunting white-tailed deer in Kentucky
Bow hunters in Kentucky have had a contentious relationship with the crossbow through the years. When archers hunted with traditional…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: How to avoid heat stroke and sunburn when participating in outdoor activites
Here in the Ohio Valley our summers can be brutal, with so much heat and humidity. This summer has been…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Some gift-giving ideas for hunters and anglers holiday season fast approaches
With Christmas just three weeks away, now is the time to finish up your shopping. Is there an angler or…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky offers a number of fall tailwater trout fishing opportunities
Fall is prime time for trout fishing in Kentucky. As the days shorten and water temperatures begin to decline, cool…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Removal of low head dams helps fisheries, improves quality, safety for kayakers
In recent years the removal of low head dams has increased across the country, especially in the states east of…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Practicing for bow hunting season is part mental, part muscle memory
If it has been months since the last time you shot your hunting bow, now is the time to start…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Summer is here, and that mean the prime season for Kentucky sunfish
When summer begins anglers’ thoughts turn to sunfish. These little scrappers are found statewide in diverse habitats from rocky streams,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Lake Cumberland, 101 miles long, 50,250 acres, is state’s largest impoundment
Lake Cumberland is in McCreary, Whitley, Laurel, Pulaski, Wayne, Russell, and Clinton counties, in south central Kentucky. Wolf Creek Dam…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s extinct and extirpated birds may be long gone, but not forgotten
More than 350 species of birds have been documented in Kentucky. This includes native and non-native species, the 150 species…