Winter creeper starts out climbing trees as a small innocuous vine much like ivy will do. But it grows and climbs, quickly forming thick rope-like vines that deprive a tree of nutrients and sunlight.
The LBL BioBlitz is a citizens' science project in which community members document flora and fauna found in Land Between the Lakes via the iNaturalist app.
Before it took over Southern landscapes, the invasive vine was once called the “savior of the South.” Now artists, designers and chefs are trying to render it useful.
The latest installment of the Land Between the Lakes Wildlife Report features the largest (and busiest) rodent of the Land Between the Lakes area: the beaver.
LBL’s recommendation to scale down operations at The Homeplace met swift backlash from community members, natives of Between the Rivers, and the Friends of Land Between the Lakes, the recreation area’s nonprofit partner that staffs and handles programming at the farm.
For a community in the Bluegrass region that values farmland as a key part of its identity, the solar industry knocking on its door presents an opportunity and a potential turning point for its future land use. It’s a scenario that could become more common around the region as President Joe Biden pursues an aggressive clean energy agenda.
