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FOR177 - Field Guide to Kentucky's Invasive Plants
By Ellen Crocker
Published
on Oct. 11, 2024
Invasive plants are non-native plants that cause ecological, environmental, or economic damage. Because they can spread rapidly and take over, forming dense monocultures, invasive plants threaten the diversity and health of forests, prairies, streams, and other natural areas.
FOR176 - Building a Bird Nest Box with a Bird’s Eye View: A DIY Nest-box Camera
By Matthew Springer
Published
on Sep. 20, 2024
Watching nature from a backyard can be a fun and rewarding experience. Enhancing the experience can be accomplished by creating habitat and building structures to attract wildlife. Do-it-yourself (DIY) individuals may enjoy the “bird’s eye view” provided by a Wi-Fi camera mounted on the inside of a side-view nest box.
FOR164 - Site Preparation for Regeneration of Upland Oaks
By Jeffrey Stringer
Published
on Aug. 29, 2024
The practice is designed to aid the growth of a developing age class resulting from a regeneration harvest (cut). Specifically, site preparation includes removal of residual unwanted trees, left after a harvest that are present in sufficient density to reduce the growth of the new regenerating age class.
FOR168 - Two-Age Deferment Harvest for Upland Oaks
By Jeffrey Stringer
Published
on Aug. 29, 2024
The objective of the two-age deferment harvest is to establish a two-age stand composed of scattered overstory trees (reserve trees) and a robust regenerating age class.
FOR169 - Shelterwood Establishment Harvest for Upland Oaks
By Jeffrey Stringer
Published
on Aug. 5, 2024
The shelterwood establishment harvest (establishment cut) is one step in the shelterwood regeneration system designed to preferentially regenerate intermediate shade tolerant species like oaks. The system is typically composed of a preparatory treatment used to establish vigorous oak advance reproduction (seedling and saplings).
Yang and Wittenbraker present at the IALE-North America Conference 2024
Published on Apr. 19, 2024
In April 2024, the International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE – North America) conference convened in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, bringing together professionals and researchers from various disciplines to discuss landscape ecology.
Chris Barton featured on KET's Kentucky Life
Published on Apr. 8, 2024
Chris Barton featured on KET's Kentucky Life on April 6, 2024. Below is the video from KET (Kentucky Educational Television) show Kentucky Life.
