Mine Safety Competition at Jenny Wiley State Park Sharpens Skills
By Jennifer Turner The Department for Natural Resources The Kentucky Division of Mine Safety teams battled it out in a skills contest at Jenny Wiley State Park for two days [...]
Natural Resources
Saving your ash tree from the Emerald Ash Borer is still possible
By Carrie Searcy Video by Lanny Brannock Office of Communications Kentucky has been no stranger to tree blights that have nearly wiped out the majestic chestnut and the [...]
Forestry’s seedling program aims to make Kentucky more green with free trees
By Carrie Searcy Office of Communications Over a couple thousand of our seedlings were planted and given away at the Northern Kentucky Urban & Community Forestry [...]
Kentucky Forest Leadership Program: Teaching today for a bright tomorrow
By Jennifer Turner Division of Forestry Every June, select high school students completing their sophomore and junior years from across the Commonwealth, head to the [...]
The 2017 Jim Claypool Art Contest and Conservation Writing Contest state winners announced
Assistant Director of the Division of Conservation, Johnna McHugh, sat down with Carrie Searcy, editor of Land, Air & Water webzine, to discuss the Jim Claypool [...]
Understanding the 2016 Fall fire season in Tennessee and Kentucky: What went wrong and why it happened
By Jennifer Turner The Division of Forestry Fire season across the Commonwealth.kicked off once again February 15, 2017, with many people still dealing with the devastation [...]
The Jewel of Paducah set to rise again with the help of the Kentucky Brownfield Redevelopment Program
By Mary Jo Harrod Division of Compliance Assistance During the roaring 1920s and the 1930s, the American public fell in love with going to the movies, especially when the [...]
Fighting Kentucky’s wildfires: A great coordinated effort
By Lanny Brannock and Carrie Searcy The smell is what you notice first. It smells like a crackling fireplace or a bonfire, but then you see the blanket of blue smoke wafting [...]
The pawpaw – North America’s only native tropical fruit
By Jennifer Turner The Kentucky Division of Forestry Thomas Jefferson had these growing at Monticello. The Lewis & Clark expedition relied heavily upon then when [...]
An extreme makeover gives new transports to firefighters
By Jennifer Turner Division of Forestry Two Kentucky Division of Forestry firefighters who saw the danger of using old, broken bulldozer transports during fire season put [...]
