The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources opened two new wildlife management areas in Eastern and Southern Kentucky recently.
The combined locations – one in Lowmansville and the other in Russell Springs – add 1,337 acres to the state’s public lands. In total, the KDFWR manages about 1.7 million acres.
The two new properties were purchased with Kentucky Stream and Wetland Restoration Program funds, a “fee-in-lieu-of” program for stream and wetland restoration projects through conservation easement or purchase. Developers make mitigation payments into the fund, which is used to “produce cleaner water, reduce soil erosion and improve fish and wildlife habitat on pre-approved project sites on both public and private lands,” the agency said…