From the Woods Today - Invasive Species Awareness Week

About this episode

This episode features Alexandra Blevins discussing invasive species and their impact on Kentucky's forests.

This week on From the Woods Today, we're welcoming Alexandra Blevins, Forest Health Specialist with the Kentucky Division of Forestry. Alexandra will kick things off by explaining what invasive species are and why they are such a threat to Kentucky's forests. Also on tap...Alexandra will walk us through some of the most common invasive pests, diseases, and plants affecting our woodlands—and what you can do to help slow their spread. Whether you're a landowner, nature-lover, or just curious about forest health, this is an episode you don't want to miss! 2.25.26 For more episodes of From the Woods Today, visit https://forestry.ca.uky.edu/woods-today . Each episode has the video of the segment at the website above.

People in this episode

Guest: Alexandra Blevins

Topics covered

• invasive species
• forest health
• Kentucky forests

Keywords

• pests
• diseases
• plants
• landowner
• nature-lover

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Kentucky

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