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The Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area is a national, bi-state area on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States, administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Federal status was awarded in 1981.
In 1995, a single five foot long embolomere amphibian fossil was found in sandstone, near the margin of the Western Kentucky Coal Field. In the Pennsylvanian, shallow seas existed periodically, but the landscape was mostly swampy land. As the supercontinent Pangaea took shape, Kentucky was situated on the equator. Grasses and cordaite trees ...
Ohio: Spotted salamander (state amphibian) Ambystoma maculatum: 2010 [19] American bullfrog (state frog) Rana catesbeiana: 2010 [20] Oklahoma: American bullfrog: Rana catesbeiana: 1997 [21] Pennsylvania: Eastern hellbender: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis: 2019 [22] South Carolina: Spotted salamander: Ambystoma maculatum: 1999 [23] Tennessee ...
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge is an 8,040-acre (32.5 km) [2] bottomland hardwood forest in western Kentucky near Benton.The refuge lies along the East Fork of the Clarks River and is the seasonal home to more than 200 species of migratory birds.
Big Bone Lick State Park is located at Big Bone in Boone County, Kentucky. The name of the park comes from the Pleistocene megafauna fossils found there. [5] Mammoths are believed to have been drawn to this location by a salt lick deposited around the sulfur springs. [6]
The Ohio River Way Challenge is a 250-mile expedition down the Ohio River to raise support for river towns and recreation. Canoers travel 250-miles on voyage down Ohio River to Louisville ...
Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. New York, USA; AmphibiaWeb. Information on amphibian biology and conservation. (2012). "List of Amphibians in the United States (database query web application)". Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb
Cumberland Falls State Resort Park is a park located just southwest of Corbin, Kentucky, and is contained entirely within the Daniel Boone National Forest. [3] The park encompasses 1,657 acres (671 ha) and is named for its major feature, 68-foot-tall (21 m) Cumberland Falls .