Officials are starting to use new tactics to combat a growing feral hog problem on protected lands that straddle the Tennessee-Kentucky border.
According to Clarksville Now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, is using bait trapping and aerial operations to euthanize feral hogs at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area through February.
Officials will use infrared cameras to identify hogs’ heat signatures, tracking the swine and guiding wildlife specialists to their locations in an effort to improve their removal efforts…