News Archive: Environment
UK rain garden workshops target storm water runoff
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Mar. 1, 2013
UK researchers are educating Kentuckians on the benefits of rain gardens.
Energy efficiency program aims to make all Kentuckians more aware
By
Aimee Nielson
Published on Feb. 28, 2013
Program teaches energy efficiency strategies; offers tools to help.
Forum to examine climate change through another lens
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Jan. 25, 2013
The UK College of Agriculture will host a free public forum, Climate Change: Values, National Security and Free Enterprise, at 7 p.m. EDT April 4 in the UK Student Center ballroom.
UK Wheat Science Group’s winter meeting coming in January
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Dec. 18, 2012
Make plans to attend the 2013 UK Winter Wheat Meeting Jan. 8 in Hopkinsville.
All the warmth but none of the costs
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Dec. 5, 2012
After working with UK, a Hart County farmer's energy bill this winter may be next to nothing.
The future is in the water
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 19, 2012
Scott Darst, UK Extension agent for 4-H youth development, recently led Waco Elementary School fifth-graders on a foray into Cane’s Creek.
UK student joins ‘big players’ in UN biodiversity convention
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 2, 2012
NRES senior Patrick Johnson recently represented the United States as a delegate to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Hyderabad, India.
Raptor Rehabilitation Center full story
By
Jeff Franklin
Published on Oct. 31, 2012
Raptor Rehabilitation Center in Letcher County
By
Aimee Nielson
Published on Oct. 31, 2012
Mitch Whitaker, Letcher County Cooperative Extension, talks about one of the residents of the Raptor Rehabilitation Center.
Raptor Rehabilitation Center offers unique learning opportunities
By
Aimee Nielson
Published on Oct. 31, 2012
Injured birds of prey are finding refuge and educating the community at Raptor Rehabilitation Center