Art Lander’s Outdoors: Fall squirrel season; summer grilling and smoking; spring-assisted pocket knives
Kentucky’s squirrel season is the longest hunting season on the fall calendar. Opening day is a week from tomorrow, on…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: Asian long-horned beetle threatens maple trees, other hardwoods in Kentucky
An Asian insect pest, which threatens maple trees and other hardwoods in North America, has been found on Kentucky’s doorstep….
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Missouri’s Elk, Mountain Lion; Antlerless Deer Harvest Declines; Feral Hogs
Missouri’s elk herd may be hunted as early as 2020, according to a story posted July 18, on the Springfield…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The Black Rat Snake, common across Kentucky, helps control rodents
The Black Rat Snake, genus Elaphe, species obsoleta, but also referred to by some taxonomists as Pantherophis alleghaniensis, is one…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The Eastern Kingbird, a snappy dresser, aerial artist and migratory traveler
The Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) is a snappy dresser, an aerial artist that catches its prey on the wing, and…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Field to Fork workshop aimed at helping inexperienced hunters learn archery skills
Designed for adults with little or no experience hunting white-tailed deer with bows and arrows, the Kentucky Department of Fish…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Looking back on spring turkey season; harvest downturn raised questions
Kentucky’s 2018 spring wild turkey season was a head scratcher — certainly not what most hunters have experienced in recent…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The American Goldfinch, male turns bright yellow as days lengthen in spring
Adult males turn a bright yellow in what seems like just a matter of days, as if they were blooming…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Tick activity heightens as weather warms; danger to people, pets, and wildlife
They are insidious arachnids that emerge from tall grass, wood piles and leaf litter to feed on warm-blooded creatures. What…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Ky’s dirty dozen noxious, invasive plants threaten state’s ecological integrity
They are atop everyone’s list of the most destructive plants to Kentucky’s ecological integrity. These noxious, invasive exotics out-compete native…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Ruby-Throated Hummingbird is a tiny gravity-defying wonder of nature
When wildflowers and trees bloom in the Spring, the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) returns to Kentucky to nest. Its distant…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The distinctive Five-lined skink, a harmless, beneficial lizard found statewide
They are reptiles, with long tails, distinctive coloration as juveniles, and a carnivorous appetite. Hint: it’s not a snake. The…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: As wet weather continues, monitor lake and river levels for fishing success
Our wet spring continues. Many of the state’s best fishing lakes are very high now, and localized flooding is likely…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: After a messy March, weather is improving in time for Spring wild turkey season
After a messy March, filled with snow squalls and cold rains, the weather is beginning to warm up, just in…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The return of the cheerful Eastern Bluebird helps makes April special
For outdoor enthusiasts, there’s no month quite like April. Spring is coming on, days are warming and lengthening, and there’s…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Seasonal flooding impacts fish populations in Kentucky’s waterways
Seasonal flooding impacts fish populations in Kentucky’s rivers, lakes, and small streams. The impacts are both positive and negative, with…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Mischievous Eastern Chipmunk found statewide in range of habitats
They are at home in a wide range of habitats across Kentucky, from urban parks and suburban yards to rural…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The American Robin, migratory songbird and harbinger of spring
In folklore, the American Robin is symbolic of impending warmer weather and is believed to be a harbinger of Spring….
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Motorists, dog owner’s beware, skunk mating season a stinky proposition
Driving rural backroads or busy highways through wooded suburbs, motorists are likely to see skunk carcasses in the road this…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Woodpeckers are a Kentucky native negatively impacted by invasive Starling
Woodpeckers are found throughout Kentucky, and are most abundant wherever semi-open forests or big trees are present. In winter, several…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A look back at 20 years since inception of Kentucky’s elk restoration project
This is the first in an occasional series of articles on elk in Kentucky, in celebration of the 20th anniversary…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: 2017-18 deer harvest update; 38 eastern counties impacted by EHD outbreak
With a month of hunting left in the 2017-18 deer season let’s take a look at the harvest, impacted somewhat…