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The ‘vine that ate the South’ meets its match in the sky
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife is testing herbicide-spraying drones to combat invasive kudzu vines in hard-to-reach areas. A year-long project treated 93 acres across eight sites, reducing dense kudzu growth and enabling native plants and wildlife to return.
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