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From the Home Front: Farm living is still the life for me For me, there was just something invigorating about growing up on a farm near Land Between the Lakes, early on a bright, sunny spring morning with everything around the landscape looking green and lush. The world was full of promise, with birds in the budding trees calling and answering each other as if to say, "Let the springtime farm work begin." It was a time to stretch and move outside, and make way for another growing season with e...

Alumnus shares forestry experience Posted By: Features Editor April 7, 2021 Dionte Berry @murraystate.edu Fresh from graduation, alumnus Nick Bohannon found himself taking on a job in the government with the U.S. Forest Service.  Bohannon graduated in May 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in conservation and wildlife biology law. He applied for this job in October 2019. Bohannon is a part of the U.S. Forest Service Region 9 Timber Strike Team. He is stationed at the Shawnee National Forest ...

Sheep sheering returns to the 1850s Homeplace inside Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area this weekend. Executive Director Aviva Yasgur with Friends of Land Between the Lakes invites the public to come out to the Homeplace to watch and visit with sheep shearer Gary Lawson as he demonstrates the historic skill of hand shearing sheep on Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon. Then from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Yasgur says you can watch and learn as wool is spun on the many different t...

Apr 5, 2021 H. Scott Ray WINCHESTER, Ky. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service has named H. Scott Ray the Forest Supervisor of the Daniel Boone National Forest. Ray has been the Deputy Forest Supervisor for the Daniel Boone National Forest for the last four years and has been serving as acting Forest Supervisor there since December 2020. In his new position, he will oversee 709,000 acres spread across 21 counties in Eastern Kentucky from the Forest Supervisorâ€...

The Friends of Land Between the Lakes have released its jam-packed programming for the month of April. The group is inviting all home educating families to use the outdoors as a classroom for Homeschool Month during April at the Woodlands Nature Station. Homeschooling families can pick up a “Nature Discovery Activity Book” at the Nature Station that will be able to guide children through a variety of exploration activities and teach about nature through various subjects. The Nature St...

Friend says Townsend knew Sotomayor prior to murder Posted By: News Editor April 1, 2021 Cady Stribling @murraystate.edu Sarah Townsend’s best friend sat down with The News for an interview in which he revealed that she knew her alleged killer, Julius Sotomayor prior to her disappearance on March 25. Townsend’s body was found in a ditch near the Cherry Corner area in Calloway County on Friday morning, March 26. Preliminary autopsy results showed she died of multiple gunshot wounds.  J...

8:05 Tracy Ross and Woodlands Nature Station naturalist John Pollpeter discuss the beavers of Land Between the Lakes. Beavers are the second-largest rodent in the world; the first largest is the South American capybara. "Beavers can get up to 60 pounds in this area," Pollpeter begins. "Ive heard some records as large as 90 pounds. Thats a big animal out here in Land Between the Lakes. Its easy to see. Theyre conspicuous." "A lot of times, youll see them swimming across the lake--maybe just thei...

Bonus turkey tags go on sale this Monday.

Clarksville Now CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Land Between the Lakes is coming back to life, with some facilities back open this week and more in the works. “We know the public is excited to return to their favorite places at Land Between the Lakes,” said Tim Pohlman, acting area supervisor for the U.S. Forest Service at Land Between the Lakes. “We are looking forward to inviting everyone out to such a special place during a time when we all are ready to get outdoors for a new lea...

Skunks often earn a bad reputation akin to spiders and snakes, but these striped and spotted creatures are much more docile than their notoriety would