Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Spring wild turkey season opens in April; officials expect strong 2024 harvest
Spring is coming, and we’re all picturing it: trekking under budding trees, brushing past blooming daffodils, eyes and ears on…
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Frankfort’s Salato Wildlife Education Center opens Tuesday for 2024 season of animal adventures
Ready for an adventure? The Salato Wildlife Education Center reopens its doors for the 2024 season on Tuesday, March 12….
Angler catches new Kentucky state record yellow perch at Lake Barkley breaking 14-year-old record
A Tennessee angler fishing Lake Barkley over the weekend caught Kentucky’s new state record yellow perch. Lynn Bumgardner’s fish weighed…
Outdoor recreation strong in KY with anglers, hunters and wildlife watchers spending $11.2 billion in 2022
A newly released report from the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation shows that wildlife recreation continues…
KDFWR now selling Kentucky fishing and hunting licenses for 2024-25 license year
Licenses and permits to fish, hunt and trap in Kentucky in the coming license year are on sale now. The…
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…
KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources using new technology resource to monitor state’s wildlife
Researchers with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources have a new resource to aid in ongoing efforts to…
New research shows non-hunters overwhelmingly support Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Program
Recent research finds that 86 percent of firearm owners and sport shooters who do not hunt support the Federal Aid…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The American coot is an infrequent visitor to lakes in Central Kentucky
This migratory waterbird is an infrequent visitor to lakes in central Kentucky during the winter months. Commonly mistaken for a…
KDFWR encouraging extra precautions after avian influenza detected in Western Kentucky waterfowl
The presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in samples taken from two snow geese at Sloughs…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: 2023 KY deer season harvest drops 2.56 percent; chronic wasting disease detected
The old saying “what goes up must come down” is certainly applicable to Kentucky’s white-tailed deer season harvest. During the…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Trout fishing in the Cumberland tailwaters remains hot during winter
By Lee McClellan Kentucky Afield While winter slows down most fishing in Kentucky, trout angling remains hot in the tailwater…
KDFWR received 2023 Wildlife Restoration Award for elk reintroduction in Southeastern Kentucky
The Wildlife Society has honored the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources with its 2023 Wildlife Restoration Award for…
KDFWR ‘Christmas for the fishes’ program to collect trees for creation of fish habitats Dec. 26-Jan. 14
Help improve Kentucky’s fisheries by donating your natural Christmas tree to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources “Christmas…
KDFWR officials monitoring for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; hunters urged to take precautions
With waterfowl hunting season open, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is asking hunters and the public in…
White-tailed deer harvested in Ballard County found to have KY’s first case of Chronic Wasting Disease
Officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources announced today that Kentucky has joined the list of states…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Holiday shopping suggestions for outdoor enthusiasts from KDFWR
By Ciara Knisely Kentucky Afield No matter what your age or circumstance, no one can deny that receiving a thoughtful…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Highly popular among state’s small game hunters, rabbit season set to begin
If you drove down rural backroads in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region this summer, early and late in the day, you likely…
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…
Court of Appeals rules texts on personal phones about public business can be public record
By McKenna Horsely Kentucky Lantern The Kentucky Court of Appeals issued an opinion Friday that says messages on personal cell…
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife to hold live auction for surplus items October 23 in Frankfort
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will host a live auction to sell surplus items and confiscated hunting…
KDFWR accepting applications for special waterfowl hunts for youths/mentors, mobility-impaired hunters
Online applications will be taken Nov. 1 to 15 for youth and mobility-impaired waterfowl quota hunts at two state-owned fish…