Kentucky Fish and Wildlife, Division of Forestry acquire 4,200 acres for conservation, hunting, fishing and public use

More than 4,200 acres of environmentally significant property in western Kentucky will be preserved and conserved for future generations under a deal finalized Sept. 25.

    The Nature Conservancy of Kentucky has sold 4,241 acres of property along the Tradewater and Ohio rivers in Crittenden County to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and the Kentucky Division of Forestry.

    Coupled with 2,488 acres acquired across the Tradewater River in Union County in 2011, the Big Rivers Wildlife Management Area (WMA) and State Forest will now encompass more than 6,700 acres along the only free-flowing tributary to the Ohio River in Kentucky.

FLASHBACK FRIDAY!!!! 1963

Drawing from The Journal-Enterprise

From The Journal-Enterprise September 26, 1963
Work is progressing rapidly on the new Providence Municipal Center, facing Willow Street near intersection with Marlin Street. A drawing by Engineer Associates, Inc., Evansville, Ind., engineers and architects, gives an idea of the beauty and modern design of the 60’X170’ building.