Butler County government is working to get funding and improve a patch of county land near a boat ramp near the spot where the Barren River splits off from the Green River.

Judge-Executive Tim Flener said Butler County is interested in building a pavilion, restrooms and multiple RV hookups for electricity near the boat ramp on Green River.

Flener said the county wants to make that area, which is near the small city of Woodbury, more appealing to people interested in outdoor activities like canoeing and hunting.

“It’s going to help us out in the spring and fall. We have people coming in to hunt wild turkeys from all over,” he said, adding that the spot draws plenty of hunters each year, some of them from out-of-state.

“That area out there has a lot of history. We’re just trying to enhance that area out there,” he said.

Butler Fiscal Court is working with the Barren River Area Development District on putting together an application for funding the project, he said.

Flener said the county wants to have the application completed and sent by May.

Dajana Crockett, a BRADD planning and development strategist, said the grant the county wants to apply for is from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and is a 50/50 grant.

“That’s a pretty competitive grant,” she said.

Grant recipients can receive an amount between $50,000 to $250,000, though the amount the county wants to ask for is still uncertain, Crockett said.

Because BRADD doesn’t have cost estimates on the project yet, its anticipated price is unclear, Crockett said.

The project would see roughly a dozen RV hookups installed, in addition to the pavilion and the restrooms, Crockett said.

“It spices up the boat ramp area,” she said. “Butler County wanted to develop that a little bit.”

The potential project will be discussed in greater detail at Butler County’s next fiscal court meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday.

“That’s when we’re going to get some public feedback because that’s a requirement, giving the public a chance to respond,” she said.