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…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: Richard Taylor’s Girty melds myth and fact to tell story of notorious frontier traitor
In this classic work, Richard Taylor artfully assembles passages from diaries, travel accounts, biographies, poems and monologues to tell the…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s Green River Lake features a mixed creel of quality fisheries
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth article in a series about Kentucky’s major reservoirs. Green River Lake is in south-central…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Spotted (Kentucky) Bass — most common in the streams of Northeastern Ky.
Editor’s note: This is the sixth article in a series about Kentucky’s native gamefish species. Once thought to be a…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A look at the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on outdoor activities in Ky.
The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak has reached into the outdoors, where we practice social distancing on purpose. Fishing and…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Spring fishing is best and we’re blessed with abundance of lakes and streams
We are blessed here in Kentucky with an abundance of streams and lakes, excellent fishing and no closed seasons. While…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The muskrat is a native furbearer found in a variety of Kentucky waters
The Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a native furbearer found in farm ponds, slow-moving rivers, lakes and wetlands, wherever aquatic vegetation…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The Cedar Waxing’s unique plumage, eating habits most often observed in winter
A lasting image of the Cedar Waxwing is a beautiful tan bird perched amid the dark green leaves of an…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Second generation porcelain enameled cast iron cookware a must for every cook
This is the second of two articles on cast iron cookware. Cast iron cookware has stood the test of time…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The Snowy Owl, a winter migrant rarely observed in Ky., but not unheard of
A glimpse of this winter migrant might be on the holiday wish list of birdwatchers in Kentucky, and bordering states…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky deer harvest strong heading into final weekend of modern gun season
The deer harvest is strong heading into the final weekend of modern gun season, the highlight of Kentucky’s 2019-20 hunting…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky Wild program supports endangered, threatened non-game wildlife
The Kentucky Wild program, launched during the summer of 2018 by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR),…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: With striking looks and eerie sounds, the Great Horned Owl is a Halloween icon
A night hunter with a striking appearance and eerie vocalizations, this owl is a Halloween icon. The Great Horned Owl…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky is home to a rich diversity of native and non-native fish and wildlife
A wide variety of fish and wildlife species are found throughout Kentucky. While most are native species, several notable desirable…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: This native shorebird has a name that brings a smile to the face of deer hunters
The Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is easily identifiable by its distinctive plumage, preferred habitat, feeding behavior, shrill calls and the way…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: When using a treestand, deer hunters must focus on safety, pay attention to details
With bow season underway, hunters are making final preparations or may have already hunted a time or two on the…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The distinctive call of the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo foretells of summer storms
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is a weather forecaster, of sorts, in folklore. The secretive bird is heard, but seldom…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Ky’s 2019-2020 white-tailed deer season opens Sept. 7, here’s what to expect
Kentucky’s 2019-20 hunting season for white-tailed deer opens in two weeks, with the beginning of archery hunting on Saturday, September…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The .22 long rifle, the leader in sales worldwide and first firearm experience for many
A leader in sales both nationally and worldwide, the .22 Long Rifle is arguably the most popular cartridge of all…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Alter your tackle, techniques for success when fishing in Kentucky’s summer heat
It’s been a challenging fishing year, weather-wise, with all that rain during the spring creating wildly fluctuating water levels, then…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Ky’s fourth species of Black Bass a mystery, limited to Cumberland headwaters
Anglers across Kentucky are intimately familiar with the largemouth, smallmouth and spotted (Kentucky) bass. These three black bass species are…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Common in rural Ky., the Barn Swallow is an acrobatic bird at home around humans
The Barn Swallow is an acrobatic bird, with its distinctive profile in flight, that’s at home around humans, nesting on…