News Archive: Environment
Salamander populations affected by valley fill
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Apr. 14, 2016
UK Forestry's Steven Price studied 23 Eastern Kentucky headwater streams and found that mountaintop removal mining & subsequent valley fill take a toll on salamander numbers.
Registration open for tri-state Woodlands and Wildlife Workshop
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Feb. 15, 2016
The annual event provides forestry- and wildlife-related educational opportunities to help woodland owners get the most from their properties.
UK research explores the effects of climate change on soil microbes
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Jan. 21, 2016
What happens underground might have big effects above ground when it comes to climate change.
CAFE receives five sustainability grants
By
Whitney Harder
Published on Dec. 2, 2015
The UK President’s Sustainability Advisory Committee awarded nearly $200,000 in funding to seven sustainability projects.
UK to host Wilderness First Responder Training Course at Raven Run
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 6, 2015
A comprehensive wilderness medicine curriculum focuses on extended care and wilderness therapies. Participants will learn to make tough medical decisions in remote places.
Bee happy: Eighth graders plant native wildflowers in Cane Run watershed
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Oct. 29, 2015
UKAg's Barrett fills unique role as EPA liaison
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Oct. 15, 2015
Where does herbicide label information come from? Look no further than UKAg’s Michael Barrett, Weed Science Society of America liaison to the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs.
UK Forestry webinar series kicks off Oct. 20
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Oct. 5, 2015
UK Cooperative Extension will offer a forestry webinar series from Oct. 20-Dec. 1. Anyone interested in woodland management, timber and wildlife topics is welcome to participate.
Habitat restoration, research on tap for Kentucky Botanical Symposium
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Oct. 1, 2015
This year’s Kentucky Botanical Symposium, Oct. 9-10, will celebrate Kentucky's diverse ecological systems with an exploration of habitat restoration efforts and ecosystem research.
