Get to KNOW Us

• Hiking • Fishing • Bird Watching • Hunting • Wildlife Identification • Rappelling • Backpacking • Canoeing • Nature Photography • Orienteering • Trapping • Spelunking • Archery • Game Calling • Rock Climbing • Survival Skills • Marksmanship • Trap Shooting • Whitewater Rafting • Noodling • Wildflower Identification • Frontier Skills

Are any of these outdoor activities a part of your life or would you like them to be? Would you like to KNOW other women with similar outdoor interests? The Kentucky Network of Outdoor Women brings women of diverse backgrounds together as friends to enjoy Kentucky’s great natural resources!

• KNOW--A Brief History
• How We Work
• Membership Information

KNOW--A Brief History 

The Kentucky Network of Outdoor Women evolved from the Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) workshops provided by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR). After participating in some of the BOW workshops, several women began expressing a desire to build on that program. They wanted to help other women experience the outdoors not only through the BOW workshops, but to go even further. They wanted the friendships made at the workshops to grow through more adventures. Those women, Scotty Clenney, Joan Garrison, Linda Saunders, Wanda Clark, and Scarlett Hawthorne, along with the BOW Coordinator, Barbara Pulliam, began KNOW in March of 1997 as the initial Board of Directors.  

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How We Work

Since then, the organization has grown and has added area coordinators to develop activities ranging from wildflower identification walks to strenuous hunting—you choose what works for your interests and skill levels. Currently, we have divided Kentucky into five regions—North, South, Central, East, and West—with a coordinator to organize at least one adventure per year within her area. More adventures may be scheduled within a region depending on membership interest.  Meet Your Area Coordinator to learn more about KNOW and what we can offer to you.

The Kentucky Network of Outdoor Women is a non-profit organization run by the KNOW Board of Directors which adheres to the governing by-laws of our group.  KNOW has come together to provide a resource to enhance outdoor activities, opportunities and education for women now and in the future. To provide these outdoor activities, opportunities and education for women, we will:

• promote and support the Becoming an Outdoors Woman workshops in whatever means we can,
• provide a means for women to network on outdoor opportunities,
• recruit support for the BOW workshops and any specialty workshops that may grow out of that program,
• and work to increase the understanding of the BOW workshops and why they are important.

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Membership Information

With membership to the Kentucky Network of Outdoor Women, a wealth of outdoors opportunities and information will be available to you. With annual membership dues of $25 you will receive:

• a membership card and welcome packet,
• a monthly bulletin to keep you abreast of upcoming KNOW adventures, other events you may be interested in, and member stories and articles,
• a quarterly copy of Kentucky Afield—The Magazine, the KDFWR outdoors enthusiast magazine,
• 15% off of a Becoming an Outdoors Woman (in Kentucky) workshop within the membership year,
• and a growing network of life-long friends to share your outdoor adventures and stories with.

Please feel free to Contact Us for more information or to join.  We look forward to hearing from you!

As always, non-members are welcome to attend KNOW events, but we ask that you show your support by joining if you plan to enjoy more than one.