This year, 2025 marks the return of Brood XIV, one of the largest and most wide-reaching emergences of 17-year periodical cicadas in the U.S. Read more to learn about how your forest land could be affected.

LiKEN Program Updates, Spring 2025 At LiKEN, our work is rooted in relationships to place, to people, and to the knowledge that connects...

By Itzel Flores Castillo Wang, LiKEN Disaster Resilience Program Assistant “We all bury our dead together, we all raise our children...

Frontline Flood Relief in Leslie County: Part 1 by Matthew Sparks Middle fork of the Kentucky River in front of Leslie County High School...

LiKENeer Brandon Jent’s Poetry and Appalachian Resilience Brandon Jent shares his work at the Hindman Settlement School's Appalachian...

By Matthew Sparks What in the heck is a Farm Number? And more importantly, why should someone get one? A Farm Number is a unique numeric...

A privatized market for property tax debt threatens to exacerbate land ownership inequality.

Climate Resilience Program Fall 2024 Update The Climate Resilience  program has experienced a year of dynamic growth and impactful...

Water Collaboratory Program Fall 2024 Update The Water Collaboratory  program has been hard at work this year, driving community...

LiKEN has organized three Free Will-Writing Clinic and Heirs’ Property Information sessions so far and have five more scheduled!