The Habitat Management Symposium is a training conference for those performing on-the-ground habitat improvement practices. It's designed for the professional and landowner improving and planning wildlife, forest, stream and pollinator habitat

This symposium will occur in three parts, Tuesdays at 10 am ET/ 9 am CT, on March 16, March 23, and March 30. It is being organized by Woods and Waters Land Trust (Jody Thompson), Kentucky State University Extension (Jonathan Palmer), and University of Kentucky Forestry Extension (Ellen Crocker).


Tentative speakers and topics include:

• Oak-Hickory Forest Management, Chris Will (President, Central KY Forest Management)
• Reptile and Amphibian Habitat, Stephen Richter (EKU Professor and Director of Division of Natural Areas)
• Nuisance Deer Management, Matt Springer (Assistant Extension Professor of Wildlife Management, UKY Dept. of Forestry and Natural Resources)
• Stream Bank Stabilization, Oakes Routt (Senior Project Engineer, Stantec Consulting Services)
• Edge Habitat Management, Jason Nally (Wildlife Biologist/Environmental Champion, Makers Mark Distillery)
• Land Management: Challenges and Perspective of an Active Landowner, Melanie VanHouten (Founding Director, Josephine Sculpture Park)
• Small Game Habitat Management, Cody Rhoden (Small Game Biologist, KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources)
• Oak Decline, Ellen Crocker (Assistant Professor of Forest Health Extension, UKY Dept of Forestry and Natural Resources)
• Conservation Topic, Jody Thompson (Executive Director, Wood and Waters Land Trust)

 
The Habitat Management Symposium is a training conference for those performing on-the-ground habitat improvement practices. It's designed for the professional and landowner improving and planning wildlife, forest, stream and pollinator habitat

This symposium will occur in three parts, Tuesdays at 10 am ET/ 9 am CT, on March 16, March 23, and March 30. It is being organized by Woods and Waters Land Trust (Jody Thompson), Kentucky State University Extension (Jonathan Palmer), and University of Kentucky Forestry Extension (Ellen Crocker).


Tentative speakers and topics include:

• Oak-Hickory Forest Management, Chris Will (President, Central KY Forest Management)
• Reptile and Amphibian Habitat, Stephen Richter (EKU Professor and Director of Division of Natural Areas)
• Nuisance Deer Management, Matt Springer (Assistant Extension Professor of Wildlife Management, UKY Dept. of Forestry and Natural Resources)
• Stream Bank Stabilization, Oakes Routt (Senior Project Engineer, Stantec Consulting Services)
• Edge Habitat Management, Jason Nally (Wildlife Biologist/Environmental Champion, Makers Mark Distillery)
• Land Management: Challenges and Perspective of an Active Landowner, Melanie VanHouten (Founding Director, Josephine Sculpture Park)
• Small Game Habitat Management, Cody Rhoden (Small Game Biologist, KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources)
• Oak Decline, Ellen Crocker (Assistant Professor of Forest Health Extension, UKY Dept of Forestry and Natural Resources)
• Conservation Topic, Jody Thompson (Executive Director, Wood and Waters Land Trust)

After careful discussions with the state parks, and the state health department, it was determined that the COVID-19 virus is simply too unpredictable to allow a meeting where we can reasonably ensure the safety of our members and each of you. The KWOA  board decided to wait a year, so we have rescheduled to September of 2021, with the hope that advances can be made in prevention and treatment.
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KWOA apologizes for the inconvenience that all of these changes have caused. We have rescheduled for the 28th & 29th of September 2021. Please look at your calendars and let us know if you will be available on those dates. Also, if you have made reservations for lodging at the park you will want to call and cancel them before September 20, 2020 to avoid being charged for the room. If you are available and will be with us next September you can simply reschedule your accommodations. Please wait until after Monday August 17, to allow the Park to get our arrangements transferred in their system. You can contact Lake Cumberland State Park by calling 270-343-3111.