The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources opens a new public area in Breckinridge County Friday.
The Belvedere Tract will add 790 acres to the Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area, located about 20 miles north of Hardinsburg and about 20 miles west of Brandenburg.
Lee McClellan with the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources says the property is an impressive one.
“It’s 1.7 miles of Ohio River border,” McClellan said. “There’s a lot of bottom land in there. It was a working cattle farm until recently. There’s a lot of upland areas that have a mixture of mature woods and grasslands. It’s just extraordinarily beautiful.”
The addition of the Belvedere Tract brings the total size of Yellowbank to more than 7,500 acres, with 30 acres of the addition being devoted to wetland enhancement. McClellan says the land is a valuable resource.
“This preserves a very unique and rare habitat type, and Yellowbank is one of our best wildlife management areas,” McClellan said. “It’s phenomenal.”
Access to Yellowbank is available off of KY-259 in Breckinridge County near Stephensport. A map of the property is available at www.fw.ky.gov.
