Spring turkey season returns to Kentucky; good hatches in recent years offer great opportunity
As Kentucky’s winter conditions withdraw, the warmer temperatures bring annual opportunities for hunters to start the season off with fresh…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s 2022 spring wild turkey season outlook — season opens April 16
Kentucky’s 2022 spring wild turkey season opens in two weeks. Hunters are likely to take more turkeys than last season,…
KDFWR resumes in-person hunter education program and firearms range training halted during pandemic
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is returning to hunter education program in-person classroom courses and firearms range…
KDFWR to mark 25th anniversary of Elk restoration in Kentucky with 2022 Elk Hunt Draw May 14
“The Hunt Starts Here” as the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources celebrates the 25th anniversary of the 1997…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Managing crappie in Kentucky’s small lakes presents challenges
Managing crappie in small lakes presents challenges but in recent years fishery biologists have fine-tuned their approach, yielding good results….
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Monarch Butterfly decline linked to loss of wintering habitat, breeding grounds
Their beauty and agility in flight thrills nature lovers and gardeners alike. But this seemingly fragile insect, with its beautiful…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s 2021-22 deer season yields state’s lowest harvest in nine years
Unseasonably warm and windy conditions during the first week of modern gun season, a deadly tornado outbreak on opening day…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: News and observations for the new year for state’s anxious hunters and anglers
January is a pivotal month on the outdoors calendar, a time when anglers and hunters look back with fond remembrances…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Unexplained spring illness that plagued region’s songbirds remains a mystery
The onset of cold weather is when many homeowners begin feeding songbirds in windowsill and backyard feeders. There’s less natural…
Robert J. Barth Lake in Cold Spring becomes newest addition to state’s Fishing in Neighborhoods program
Robert J. Barth Lake in Campbell County is the newest addition to the Fishing in Neighborhoods (FINs) program offered through…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Hunters can expect great year for rabbit hunting as populations increase statewide
Rabbit numbers are up in the Central Kentucky and Bluegrass wildlife regions, based on the Rural Mail Carrier Survey, which…
With reintroduction of elk, Kentucky professor sees an opportunity to help revitalize Appalachia
By Liam Niemeyer Ohio Valley ReSource Howard Whiteman is inching along in his black Toyota Prius, craning his neck to…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Why we fish — It’s about the people, the places and the shared experiences
The reasons why we fish haven’t changed over time. It’s about the people, the place and the fish, all coming…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Researching Ky. lakes, rivers before hitting the water can give anglers a head start
Anglers in Kentucky have a staggering number of lakes and rivers to choose from, and dozens of sport fish to…
Western Ky. Hunters in CWD surveillance zone must use in-person check stations during gun seasons
All deer harvested during the 2021 modern gun and muzzleloader seasons in the western Kentucky CWD Surveillance Zone – including…
Conservation partners celebrate completion of Ky’s largest-ever dam removal project on Green River
Five conservation partners are celebrating the largest dam removal in Kentucky history — the demolition of Lock and Dam #5…
KDFWR takes further steps to protect Ky. deer herd in wake of positive CWD case discovered in Tennessee
The Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has taken actions to enhance protections for the Commonwealth’s…
KDFWR accepting online applications for public land quota hunts throughout month of September
Applications for quota hunts on public lands for deer, waterfowl and pheasants are being taken online during the month of…
Monarch butterfly tagged as part of research project in Kentucky found 1,600 miles away in Mexico
A monarch butterfly tagged in Kentucky as part of a research project last October was found 1,600 miles and months…
KDFWR stream improvement projects underway in Boone Co. as part of state mitigation program
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has started the design phase of three major stream improvement projects near…
KDFWR sets dates for annual waterfowl blind drawings; hunters must be present to receive blind
Dates are now set for the annual waterfowl blind drawings for season-long sites at Lake Barkley, Doug Travis, Green River…
KDFWR will pay Kentucky farmers up to $10,000 for use of harvested fields for public dove hunting
Farmers can now earn up to $10,000 for leasing their harvested fields for public dove hunting. The Kentucky Department of…