Making a Kentucky campus a better home for woodpeckers, one box at a time

The Thorobred Trail behind the William Exum Center where Kentucky State University’s conservation staff have been conducting their work. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Liam Niemeyer)

FRANKFORT — Leaves crunch under Kasia Bradley’s boots as she walks through the woods on Kentucky State University’s campus, listening for another sound — the knocking of a woodpecker against a tree.

“You hear it?” Bradley said, noting the volume of the knocking. “It’s probably red-bellied.”…

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