A.18. SUMMARY OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT IN KENTUCKY 
A.18.1. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN 
Plan under development. 
A.18.2. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 
• Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program, Kentucky Department of 
Highway, Roadside Branch. Through herbicides and mowing, the program controls 
noxious weed species along highway rights-of-way. Fertilization is also conducted to 
encourage rapid root growth of other plants. 
• Control Program, Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, The Nature 
Conservancy and Northern Kentucky University. KNSPC works to systematically 
control and contain invasive plants within the nature preserve system statewide. Control 
mechanisms include cutting and removal as well as herbicide applications. Fire is also 
being tested as a tool to control the plants. 
• Control Program, University of Kentucky/Lexington-Fayette Urban County 
Government (grant funds from the Columbus Advisory Board). The program 
removes invasive plants from Arboretum Park. 
• Control program, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR). 
The Department controls populations of big head and silver carp by allowing commercial 
harvesting of the fish. 
• Monitoring and research program, KDFWR. The Department is conducting research 
on cormorants to understand how they live, what they eat, and the impacts they have on 
habitats. 
• University of Kentucky Invasive Species Initiative. The program, initiated in 2006, is 
using an interdisciplinary approach to monitor, model, prevent, mitigate, and eradicate 
aquatic and terrestrial invasive species in Kentucky. 
• Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment at University of Kentucky. Using a 
hands-on approach, this youth outreach program teaches students about invasive species. 
They work to incorporate invasive species awareness into secondary school science 
curriculums across the state. 
A.18.3. CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS 
(None reported.) 
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