PSA - Invasive species project planned on Clay WMA

Weather permitting, approximately 600 acres in portions of the Upper Unit/River Road and Lower Unit/Viewing areas, as well as the Booth and Bailey tracts of Clay WMA will receive treatment for invasive plant species, primarily bush honeysuckle, that displace native flora and degrade wildlife habitat.

Project leaders are monitoring short- and long-range weather forecasts and will decide if conditions are favorable to achieve optimal results on the properties and may reschedule, if necessary.

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife will announce an update on its website (fw.ky.gov) and X (@kyfishwildlife​). Department staff will be on-site to communicate with users and additional roads may close temporarily. Signs will be posted and gates closed at all access points to the project location. Areas will not close until the day they are to be sprayed and will reopen as they are completed. Access to all other portions of the nearly 9,000-acre wildlife management area will not be affected and will remain open for public use. Users may contact Andrew Whitacker, Public Lands Biologist for status updates at 859-473-0036.​​