Archives For:
Community Engagement
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…
Public participation is critical in shaping the future of the Jellico Mountains
Jellico Creek, Daniel Boone National Forest, Critical Habitat for Federally listed Endangered and Threatened Species What’s going on in Jellico? Jellico is a part of the Cumberland Mountains on the…
Public comment needed by July 26, 2021: Red River Gorge Management Planning document
Dear Citizens,Kentucky Heartwood staff is chipping away at comments for the Red River Gorge Management Planning process. After submitting our first electronic comment, we noticed that comments are actually due…
More landslides from logging in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Complaint submitted to Division of Water
Kentucky Heartwood has submitted a formal complaint to the Kentucky Division of Water after repeated failures by the Daniel Boone National Forest to stabilize or remediate multiple, ongoing landslides caused…
Jellico management planning begins. Speak up for the Jellico mountains!
TAKE ACTION! Join the virtual public meeting about the Jellico area Tuesday, October 13, 2020 5-6:30 pm Read on for details and instructions on how to join the meeting.…
Black Lives Matter
I’ve struggled over these past few weeks with whether or not publish a statement on behalf of Kentucky Heartwood in response to the historic Black Lives Matter protests and demonstrations…
Action Alert: Comments needed to stop 3,650 acres of logging in the Redbird District of the Daniel Boone National Forest!
The Forest Service is proposing to log 3,650 acres of the Redbird District of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Clay and Leslie Counties. Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment…
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,…