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Forest Service proposes large logging project near Cave Run Lake, is loose on details
The Forest Service has released their formal proposal (scoping document) for the “Improving Conditions in the Blackwater Watershed” project, which would approve thousands of acres of logging on the east…
New Executive Order directs U.S. Forest Service to increase logging on national forests
On December 21st, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order directing the U.S. Forest Service to expedite logging on our national forests, and to increase the volume of timber harvested…
If they log Redbird, we know what will happen
Last week we spent some time in the Redbird District of the Daniel Boone looking at ongoing logging from the Group One Redbird River Project, and forests now proposed for…
Four thousand acres of logging proposed in London District of the Daniel Boone. Comments due April 22, 2018.
Overlook on the Rockcastle River in the Pine Creek project area (UPDATE: The Forest Service has officially extended the comment period to May 14, 2018 after we posted that they…
Kentucky Heartwood Challenges Major Timber Project on Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest
Rare Species and Restoration Take Back Seat to Logging Plans Kentucky Heartwood has filed a formal administrative objection (“pre-decisional objection”) challenging the approval of the Greenwood Vegetation Management Project on…
Kentucky Heartwood Challenges Bledsoe Coal Lease
In December 2012, Kentucky Heartwood submitted comments on the Forest Service’s Environmental Analysis (EA) for the Bledsoe Coal Lease on the Redbird District of the Daniel Boone NF in Leslie…
Coal’s Assault on Human Health
http://www.psr.org/resources/coals-assault-on-human-health/ Coal’s Assault on Human HealthPhysicians for Social Responsibility has released a groundbreaking medical report, “Coal’s Assault on Human Health,” which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of…
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Greenwood project approved by Forest Service
This is an example of forest in the Greenwood project that was approved for oak woodland management. By Jim Scheff, Director, Kentucky Heartwood Our fight over the Greenwood project came…