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STOP Big Hill Line

Opposition to Big Hill Line Transmission – Berea, KY

September 2, 2025 President Cheryl L. NixonBerea College – Office of Academic Affairs210 Lincoln Hall Berea, KY 40404 Dear President Nixon I write to express my strong support for Berea…

 June 4, 2025 image from NASA OLI-2 on Landsat 9 showing tornado path through Daniel Boone National Forest.

May Tornado Damage Analysis

On May 16, 2025, a powerful tornado left a nearly 60-mile track of severe damage from Somerset to London. Nineteen people died, scores were injured, and homes were destroyed. With…

Kentucky Heartwood Founder, Chris Schimmoeller ground-truthing Jellico some time back in the early 90s. And here we are again...

Jellico Comment Period Debrief

Thank you to our members, donors, and supporters for answering our call to action for public comments! During the 30-day comment period for the Draft Environmental Analysis (EA), almost 700…

U.S. Forest Service Pushes Massive Logging Project on Daniel Boone National Forest in Spite of Public Feedback and Biden’s Executive Order to Preserve Mature and Old-Growth Forests

For Immediate Release  The U.S. Forest Service has released its Draft Environmental Assessment for the Jellico Vegetation Management Project, which would log 10,000 acres of the Jellico mountains in southeastern…

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SAVE BERNHEIM – STOP THE PIPELINE!

UPDATE: Kentucky Lantern Article – 5/20/24 Bernheim Forest appeals to Kentucky Supreme Court to stop pipeline in conservation easement Dear Kentucky Heartwood members, I am reaching out to you today…

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Thank you to Old-Growth Science Summit donors!

Donors and Supporters, I want to thank everyone who donated to help get me to Washington D.C. to attend the Mature and Old Growth (MOG) Science Summit. The conference had…

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Bear Creek Logging Update

South Red Bird Logging Reconnaissance Walking through a site that has just been logged makes our hearts hurt, but it is a necessary component of our monitoring work. The following…

5,000 acre logging project proposed north of Morehead along the Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail.

The Daniel Boone National Forest has proposed a 5,000 acre logging project just north of Morehead along the Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail. While this project is problematic on many levels,…

Greenwood, Jim sampling

Kentucky Heartwood files objection to road building project in the Daniel Boone National Forest

On July 31st, Kentucky Heartwood filed an objection to a Forest Service decision to implement a new road building project. The project, known as the “Greenwood NFSR 5104 Construction Project”…

Jim measuring a giant tulip poplar

Old-Growth in the Daniel Boone National Forest: The Deep Dive

How much old-growth is there in the Daniel Boone National Forest? This is actually a pretty tough question to answer. The short answer is “not much.” But before we can…