Focus on Wildlife
How We Affect Wildlife and How Wildlife Affect Our Woodlands
March 28 Optional Tour of Pfeiffer Fish Hatchery at 1:00 PM This is a free optional event—just show up at the site and identify yourself as KWOA (we'll check the list).
March 29-30 meeting at Hampton Inn (at 1310 U. S. 127 South, Frankfort, KY 40601) with an outing to Salato Wildlife Education Center for lunch, continued educational offerings, and a tour of the facility and surroundings with the wildlife that is native to the Commonwealth. Salato is located off U.S.60 at 1 Sportsman’s Lane, Frankfort, KY 40601 on March 29.
Lodging rooms have been blocked for KWOA at of $105.00 per night plus taxes for two double beds or $117.00 per night plus taxes for a single king size bed.
Reservations must be made directly with the Hampton Inn; you may reach them by calling 502-223-7600. Be sure to mention KWOA. Rooms booked after March 4 may not qualify for the above rate.
If you were registered for the 2021 meeting which was canceled due to COVID and asked us to carryover your Registration, you need only to make your room reservations.
2022 Annual Meeting Agenda
Frankfort, KY on March 29 & 30, 2022 (Optional March 28)
Monday March 28
1:00 PM Tour of the Pfeiffer Fish Hatchery,1883 Indian Gap Road (Optional Event)
Tuesday March 29: Official Start of the Annual Meeting
8:30 – 9:30 AM: Registration: Hampton Inn, 1310 U.S. 127 South, Frankfort, KY
9:30 – 9:45 AM: Welcome:Doug McLaren, President, KWOA
9:45 – 10:30 AM: Logging for Wildlife:Jacob Stewart, KDFWR
10:30 – 10:45 AM: Break
10:45 – 11:30 AM: Managing Warm Season Grasses for Pollinators: Jacob Stewart, Makayla Rodgers, KDFWR
11:30 – 1:00 PM: Move to Salato Center & Lunch: (Provided)
1:00 – 1:30 PM: Riparian Zones as Wildlife Corridors: Dr. Amanda Gumbert, UK Extension
1:30 – 2:15 PM: Timber BMPs for Protection of Bats: Zack Couch, KDFWR
2:15 – 3:00 PM: Fire as a Management Tool for Wildlife:Jacob Stewart, KDFWR
3:00 – 4:30 PM: Tour of the Salato Wildlife Center: Salato Center Staff
5:00 – 6:00 PM: Happy Hour: Back to Hampton Inn
7:00 – 9:30 PM: Banquet (Provided)
7:00 – 8:00: Annual Awards Dinner, KWOA & KWOF Directors
8:00 – 8:20: Keynote Address Jacob Muller, UK Extension Forester
8:20 – 8:40: Presentation of Award Henry Duncan, Doug McLaren, KWOA
8:40 – 9:00: First Day Wrap UpDoug McLaren, KWOA
Wednesday March 30, 2022 (Breakfast on your own)
8:30 – 8:45 AM: Welcome, Doug McLaren, KWOA President
8:45 – 9:30 AM: Deer Hunt/Lease Management, Dr. Matt Springer, UK Extension
9:30 – 10:00 AM: Forest Health Update, Dr. Ellen Crocker, UK Extension
10:00 -10:15 AM: Break
10:15 –11:15 AM: KWOA Partners Reports
11:15 – 12:00 PM: Business Meetings: KWOA & KWOF Elections
12:00 PM: Adjournment—Doug McLaren, KWOA