Environment

Christian County ranks among the most vulnerable, according to an analysis from The Daily Yonder.
9th street storm depot
The Christian County Master Gardener Association hosts the expo at the Cooperative Extension Service Expo Center on Pembroke Road.
The current class of Leadership Christian County wants to help fund educational programs, facility upkeep and ongoing improvements at the 40-acre nature preserve.
jeffers-walk couple
Kentucky poet laureate Silas House rejected proponents' argument that the bill would allow industry to pollute only ephemeral streams, or waterways that don’t have running water year round. 
Silas House speaking at podium near lake
Infected birds spread the viral infection through feces, saliva and mucus.
duck
The trail at Jeffers Bend follows the path of the North Fork of Little River.
jeffers-walk couple
This time of year just seems to be skunk season, and their pungent smell reminds us that love is in the air, and the skunks are out and about trying to make more skunks.
Striped skunk
The vision for a prairie to be preserved in Logan County didn’t materialize. It shares the fate of millions of acres of prairie across the country.
Logan co. prairie
Christmas trees can be donated through Jan. 15 to help improve underwater habitat for fish.
The U.S. Drought Monitor, a group of governmental weather experts tracking drought, has much of Kentucky in either moderate or severe drought conditions. 
fire in park
Guests will find activities and booths related to wildlife, the botanical garden, bees, the butterfly garden, birding, storytelling, rain gardening, a petting zoo, pumpkin painting, canoe rides, corn hole, disc golf, face painting and hayrides.