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It’s been six months since a devastating and deadly storm ripped through western and southern Kentucky, producing 20 tornadoes, killing 81 people, injuring hundreds more and roiling an entire region. The event was heartbreaking, and took most people by surprise. Tornadoes aren’t unheard of in Kentucky, but few were expecting one of the longest tornado systems in the country’s history to materialize on the night of Dec. 10 — not exactly twister season.
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Two paths covering nearly 7,000 acres of Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area were carved up by December’s tornado outbreak, leaving portions of LBL in both Kentucky and Tennessee heavily damaged after the storm.
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Tracy Ross speaks with the lead naturalist at the Woodlands Nature Station in LBL, John Pollpeter, about the recent birth of four rare red wolf puppies.
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Tracy Ross speaks to author Jayne Moore Waldrop about her new linked story collection, "Drowned Town."
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David Nickell believes the Land Between the Lakes Recreation and Heritage Act could ensure LBL becomes a "premiere recreation area."
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Collectable Barbie dolls, bowling balls and scrapbooks. Boats, barges, cars, shoes and dock floats. Bottles and styrofoam beads. Even a disco ball. These are just some of the things found in and around Kentucky Lake by cleanup crews in the wake of December’s tornado outbreak.
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Tracy Ross speaks to LBL's Woodlands Nature Station's education coordinator Shannon Brockway about sandhill cranes in the next installment of the LBL Wildlife Report.
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Tracy Ross speaks to Woodlands Station lead naturalist John Pollpeter about backyard bird feeding.
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Tracy Ross speaks with Woodlands Nature Station's lead naturalist John Pollpeter about armadillos in the next installment of the LBL Wildlife Report.
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Tracy Ross speaks to LBL Woodland Nature Station lead naturalist John Pollpeter about vultures.