Re-Forest the Bluegrass still growing strong nearly two decades later
By Lanny Brannock Office of Communications Reforestation today has become a thing to do for citizens across the Commonwealth. Volunteers are able to plant trees, listen to [...]
Sustainability
Youth Summit honors Kentucky students
By Eileen Hardy Department for Energy Development and Independence Kentucky National Energy Education Development (NEED) and Kentucky Green and Healthy Schools (KGHS) brought [...]
The Kentucky Division for Air Quality uses top technology to detect Volatile Organic Compounds
Video by Lanny Brannock Division of Air Quality You can’t see them with the naked eye, but they are there. Volatile Organic Compounds, known as VOCs, are present in [...]
Cabinet employees spread message of conservation at Reforest Frankfort
By Carrie Searcy Office of the Secretary Despite the rainy weather, droves of people showed up at Josephine Sculpture Park Saturday, April 14 to plant about 2,000 tree [...]
Top 10 Nature Preserves to visit this spring
By Carrie Searcy Office of the Secretary Across the Commonwealth there is an abundance of sites that are either funded, in partnership or controlled by the Kentucky State [...]
How urban forests protect our cities and make them better places in which to live, work and play
By Jennifer Turner Division of Forestry In the 1990s, the city of Bowling Green recognized that having a strong, healthy urban forest can lead to economic growth, improved [...]
How brownfields recovery are transforming the bluegrass state
By Staff The Energy and Environment Cabinet The once-bustling G.E. incandescent lightbulb factory at 200 West Loudon Ave. in Lexington had shut down in 2010 becoming an [...]
From landfill to a home for wildlife, two companies map out a successful project
By Mary Jo Harrod The Division of Compliance Assistance Some people see only unusable space in an old landfill, but this was not the case for the American Synthetic [...]
A hands-on approach defines new director of the State Nature Preserves Commission
By Carrie Searcy Office of the Secretary Some days you might visit one of Kentucky’s many public natural areas and you just might catch the director of the State Nature [...]
Cost Share Program seeks to help local farmers utilize land
By Pam Williams The Division of Conservation Every farmer realizes that no matter what, water is essential to producing any crop and livestock are no exception, especially to [...]
