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Jacob Stewart, Private Lands Program coordinator for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources, poses before a hillside in Whitley County covered in dying kudzu. Around him, native plants and fauna choked out by the vine have already sprouted in its place. The 26-acre property once housed a coal mining operation and was one of eight sites statewide where the new treatment was studied.

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The 'vine that ate the South' meets its match in the sky

Michael J. Collins

Kentucky wildlife officials are testing whether a new generation of drone technology could become one of their most effective tools for fighting kudzu, an invasive vine that's spread across tens of thousands of acres since its introduction to the US more than a century ago.

Environment

Glidepath To Recovery: Flying Squirrels And Spruce Forests Share Common Fate

Brittany Patterson

U.S. Forest Service district biologist Shane Jones stands on an overlook high up on West Virginia’s Cheat Mountain. Behind him lush, red spruce trees…

Environment

Duck Stamps Fund New Wildlife Refuge In Western Kentucky

Ryan Van Velzer

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear approved a new funding stream Tuesday to help establish a wildlife refuge in Western Kentucky.A portion of the funds collected…

Environment

For Earth Day Nature Conservancy Preserves 100,000 Acres Of Appalachian Forest And Streams

Sydney Boles

A conservation group chose Earth Day, April 22, to announce the purchase of a massive property in Appalachian forest to protect habitat and help wildlife…

Environment

Forecastle Foundation Partnering With Bowling Green Microbrewery to Improve Kentucky Waterways

A Bowling Green microbrewery is teaming up with Western Kentucky University and two non-profit groups to celebrate conservation efforts in southern…