Art Lander’s Outdoors: The yellow bass is a small, underappreciated species, but makes a tasty meal
This underappreciated native fish species is usually an incidental bycatch, most often taken by crappie anglers casting or drifting small…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: Saugeye fishery has blossomed in Ky., providing a bonanza for anglers
What started out as experimental stockings in 2013 has blossomed into a bonafide fishery management success story for the Kentucky…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Hybrid striped bass in Ky. waters are result of a controlled interspecies cross
The Hybrid Striped Bass is the result of interspecific hybridization, a cross of two species that must occur in the…
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: Kentucky hunters post another big harvest as deer season comes to close
Kentucky’s 2019-20 hunting season for white-tailed deer ended Monday and hunters posted another big harvest, inching closer to the all-time…
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…
Jim Beam to pay $600,000 fine, will reimburse KY Energy and Environment Cabinet $112K for July fire
NKyTribune staff Jim Beam has agreed to pay a $600,000 fine as a result of environmental damage from the July…
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources accepting trees for Christmas for the Fishes program
Repurposing your used cut Christmas trees helps give Kentucky’s underwater inhabitants new homes after the holiday season ends. The Kentucky…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: Explore wildlife management areas over the holidays
By Lee McLellan Kentucky Afield The Christmas holiday provides most of us some much-needed days off and time with family…
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…
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife debuts crime-fighting app; get it at iTunes App Store, Google Play Store
Need to report suspected illegal activity related to fish, wildlife or boating to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife…
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),…
Apply soon for youth-mentor and mobility impaired waterfowl quota hunts at state fish hatcheries
Online applications are being taken Nov. 1-15 for youth and mobility-impaired waterfowl quota hunts at two state-owned fish hatcheries near…
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…
Kentucky Career Center offers readiness training, assessments, for state agency recruitment
The Kentucky Career Center (KCC), within the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (EWDC), is partnering with the Kentucky Department…
Holiday boating safety: Follow few simple safeguards to make a difference and make Labor Day memorable
By Lee McClellan Kentucky Afield The sun sets earlier each day and the kids are back in school. Summer is…
Watch for the Flags at Kentucky, Barkley to warn boaters of commercial fishing net locations
Commercial anglers on Kentucky and Barkley lakes are deploying indicator flags to mark the locations of their nets. “We want…
Experimental device could block Asian carp from entering Lake Barkley; construction now underway
An experimental project designed to deter Asian carp from entering Lake Barkley in Western Kentucky is now underway. If weather…
Kentucky Afield Outdoors: June has been soggy, but here are two good options for summer fishing
By Lee McClellan Although this June so far is wet and soggy, the long-range weather forecast calls for a return…
On Father’s Day, Fish and Wildlife Commissioner remembers officers who lost their lives serving
As a father, I cherish the memories already made with my two daughters and anticipate the milestones still ahead of…
Cutthroat Trout added to Cumberland River; trial stockings began in March for the first time
Hatchery crews with the Fisheries Division of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources stocked 38,000 cutthroat trout in…