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January 2019 Wolsing Wetland Completion
The 2014 study of Banklick at Wolsing has come to fruition! Kenton Conservancy partnered with the Banklick Watershed Council in a stream mitigation project at Wolsing Nature Preserve. Kentucky Division of Waters provided grant funding for the project to control bank erosion, create a wetland, and mitigate flooding downstream.
The 2014 study of Banklick at Wolsing has come to fruition! Kenton Conservancy partnered with the Banklick Watershed Council in a stream mitigation project at Wolsing Nature Preserve. Kentucky Division of Waters provided grant funding for the project to control bank erosion, create a wetland, and mitigate flooding downstream.
March 2017 Bluebird Houses Built
Junior Girl Scout troop #1760 erected 4 bluebird nesting boxes at our Wolsing preserve. Leader Deborah Bennett guided the the girls as they researched, built and designed the whole project. The troop used proceeds from their cookie sales to purchase materials.
Junior Girl Scout troop #1760 erected 4 bluebird nesting boxes at our Wolsing preserve. Leader Deborah Bennett guided the the girls as they researched, built and designed the whole project. The troop used proceeds from their cookie sales to purchase materials.
March 2017 Callery Pear Trees Removal
A group of 17 volunteers braved the cold weather to clear invasive callery pear trees and honeysuckle from Kenton Conservancy land. Volunteers from Kenton County Conservation District and Taking Root joined forces with us to take down over 300 callery pear trees! A crew from Central Lawn Care volunteered their time and expertise in the effort. Madison Tree Care & Landscaping also donated their time and chipper. Their 15,000 lb. truck was filled to capacity!
A group of 17 volunteers braved the cold weather to clear invasive callery pear trees and honeysuckle from Kenton Conservancy land. Volunteers from Kenton County Conservation District and Taking Root joined forces with us to take down over 300 callery pear trees! A crew from Central Lawn Care volunteered their time and expertise in the effort. Madison Tree Care & Landscaping also donated their time and chipper. Their 15,000 lb. truck was filled to capacity!
Banklick Watershed Council Partners with Kenton Conservancy
During the summer of 2014, Banklick Watershed Council and the Kenton Conservancy partnered in significant ways. BWC used grant money to fund an engineering study of Banklick Creek within the Wolsing Trails Nature Preserve. The study provided data as to the health of the stream as well as recommendations for flood control. Future funding would allow the implementation of these recommendations. The recommendations would deter bank erosion within Wolsing Preserve and also have positive effects on lands downstream.
BWC also transferred title to Kenton Conservancy for 43 acres of forested land and watershed for Brushy Fork Creek. See more about this new property, Brushy Fork, on our Conserve Your Land page.
BWC also transferred title to Kenton Conservancy for 43 acres of forested land and watershed for Brushy Fork Creek. See more about this new property, Brushy Fork, on our Conserve Your Land page.
Thomas More Students Lend a Hand with Management Plan
In Sept. 2014, a team of 6 biology students from Thomas More College led by board member, Dr. Shannon Galbraith Kent did an inventory of animal and plant species found within Wolsing Trails Nature Preserve. This included notation of invasive species or other warning signs for our management plan. Kenton Conservancy hopes to get baseline data for each of our properties so as to monitor changes or rising needs in the habitats. Students took photos and wrote detailed observations that will be included in a report to the Board. A second day of study will occur in the spring to include new spring vegetation.
In Sept. 2014, a team of 6 biology students from Thomas More College led by board member, Dr. Shannon Galbraith Kent did an inventory of animal and plant species found within Wolsing Trails Nature Preserve. This included notation of invasive species or other warning signs for our management plan. Kenton Conservancy hopes to get baseline data for each of our properties so as to monitor changes or rising needs in the habitats. Students took photos and wrote detailed observations that will be included in a report to the Board. A second day of study will occur in the spring to include new spring vegetation.
Taking Root Campaign
Taking Root is an initiative to replace, retain and expand trees in the eight-county Greater Cincinnati tri-state region. Partners include Cincinnati Parks, Great Parks of Hamilton County, Northern Kentucky Urban and Community Forestry Council, Davey Resource Group, Ohio Division of Forestry, Cincinnati Nature Center, Clermont County Park District, Clermont County Soil and Water District, Boone County Arboretum, City of Lebanon, Natorp’s, and others. The campaign is ramping up to educate the public on the need for trees, to value and care for them, and to plant them — by the millions!
Kentucky Fly Fishers Lend a Hand
Northern Ky Fly Fishing Association has partnered with Kenton Conservancy to adopt the Wolsing Preserve's Section of Banklick Creek. The association has already placed a trash receptacle at Wolsing which they will maintain. On April 6th and Oct. 25th volunteers from the Fly Fishing Assoc. donned waders and work gloves to clean Banklick Creek of years of trash and debris that the Banklick has carried and deposited at Wolsing. Kenton County Public Works Dept. was nice enough to haul away the mound of trash that was removed. In exchange, Kenton Conservancy has granted permission for catch and release fishing in Wolsing's section of Banklick Creek. Regulations can be found on the kiosk in the parking lot. Tremendous thanks goes to all the volunteers for their efforts to keep our watersheds clean!
