Lisa Jackson

Oct 27, 2024 | pmg-ky2.com | Lisa Jackson

Special restrictions on baiting, carcass transportation and cervid rehabilitation are now effective in Breckinridge, Hardin and Meade counties as a result of the establishment of a chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance zone, all in an effort to stop or limit disease spread among wild deer. Following a recent detection of CWD in a deceased captive deer from Breckinridge County, the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission held a special-called video teleconference meeting Oct.

Oct 20, 2024 | pmg-ky2.com | Lisa Jackson

Officials from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources are gathering additional information and carefully evaluating next steps following Monday’s announcement by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture that lab testing confirmed chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a deceased deer from a Breckinridge County deer farm. It marks Kentucky’s first case of CWD in a captive cervid.

Oct 13, 2024 | pmg-ky2.com | Lisa Jackson

The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources has opened an additional 60,233 acres for public hunting in eastern Kentucky via the landowner-cooperator program. The new Pocahontas Wildlife Management Area is comprised of three main blocks of land spread over Martin, Pike and Harlan counties and two smaller blocks in Johnson and Floyd counties, providing public access for hunting, fishing and nature study. kAmr@>AC:D:?8 E6CC2:? E92E 92D D66? 2 4@>3:?2E:@?

Sep 29, 2024 | pmg-ky2.com | Lisa Jackson

In accordance with KRS 150.025, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is providing updated information about proposed fish and wildlife-related regulation amendments that have received final legislative approval and are now in effect. The following is an overview of changes:kAmkDEC@?8mux$wk^DEC@?8mkDEC@?8mb_` zp# `i`c_ — $A64:2= 4@>>6C4:2= 7:D9:?8 A6C>:E 7@C z6?EF4<J 2?5 q2C<=6J =2<6Dk^DEC@?8mk^AmkAm%9:D 25>:?:DEC2E:G6 C68F=2E:@?

Sep 22, 2024 | pmg-ky2.com | Lisa Jackson

In honor of National Hunting and Fishing Day, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources will host a celebration at the Salato Wildlife Education Center Sept. 28. The Salato Center will offer free admission throughout the day, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EDT), as well as a variety of hunting and fishing exhibits, demonstrations and activities for everyone. The first 50 children (ages 5-17) will get a free fishing pole courtesy of Sheet Metal Workers Local #110.