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1912: Kentucky Division of Game and Fish formed as a small commission with limited staff. It focuses on regulations to protect and help recover the fish and wildlife populations of the state that had been depleted as a result of unregulated exploitation of various kinds, as well as rapid habitat loss.
These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. Fifteen species have been recorded in Kentucky. White-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus (A) Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (A) (E) [7] Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos.
Kentucky Afield. Kentucky Afield is the communications arm of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Kentucky Afield consists of a magazine, radio show and television program. The magazine is a quarterly periodical. The television show is a 30-minute broadcast airing on the Kentucky Educational Television (KET) and YouTube.
Kentucky is home to about 100 native mussel species, and more than half are listed as species of greatest conservation concern in the commonwealth’s wildlife action plan, Couch said. Several ...
The Kentucky Wildcats is the student body of the University of Kentucky. 30,473 students attend the university. Historically, the women's teams and athletes were referred to as the "Lady Kats", but all athletic squads adopted the "Wildcats" nickname in 1995. Collectively, the fans of the Kentucky Wildcats are often referred to as the Big Blue ...
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. The bottom lands are dominated with overcup oaks, bald cypress, and tupelo-gum, and the ...
Lake: 160,300 acres (649 km 2) Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park. Marshall County [3] 1,351 acres (5.5 km 2) Lake Barkley State Resort Park. Trigg County [3] Park: 3,600 acres (15 km 2) Lake: 57,920 acres (234 km 2) Lake Cumberland State Resort Park.
Danville. Boyle. Bluegrass. website, 500 acres, features the Mary Ashby Cheek Nature Center. Clay Hill Memorial Forest. Campbellsville. Taylor. South Central Kentucky. website, 158-acre educational and research woodland that is managed by Campbellsville University as a regional center for environmental education.