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2021 Year in Review

​In 2021 alone, Kentucky Heartwood responded to eight project proposals across the Daniel Boone National Forest (DBNF) in addition to tracking multiple other projects at various stages of development. Here…

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Forest Service aims to shortcut environmental review and public participation in logging projects

​The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) recently issued final revised regulations that dramatically shortcut environmental review, and public input and oversight, on projects that include up to 2,800 acres of logging…

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What’s up with Greenwood?

A few months ago, Kentucky Heartwood released information and allegations that the Forest Service was selling more timber in the Greenwood project of the Daniel Boone National Forest than what…

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Forest Service approves Pine Creek project. Here’s what it means.

​In January the Forest Service published their final decision on the Pine Creek Forest Restoration Project. The final approval of the project comes 4 years after the Forest Service’s first…

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Pine Creek Project: Presentation & Forum

Thursday, January 24, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at 2nd & Main in Corbin, 115 S. Main St. An especially scenic overlook on the Rockcastle wild river in the Pine Creek…

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Farm Bill passes WITHOUT devastating forestry provisions!

This week, Congress finally passed the 2018 Farm Bill. As our followers know, the version of the bill initially passed by the House of Representatives included several provisions that would…

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There’s good news on the hemlock situation, but the hemlock situation is not good.

This is a cross-post from www.hopeforhemlocksky.org by Kentucky Heartwood’s hemlock program coordinator, Austin Williams. You can visit that site to learn more about the decline of Eastern hemlock in Kentucky and how you…

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Kinder Morgan drops Tennessee Gas Pipeline conversion project!

Pipeline Company Kinder Morgan Drops Utica Marcellus Texas Pipeline ProjectHazardous Liquids Conversion Project Held Up Over Opposition in Kentucky Contacts: Tom Fitzgerald, Kentucky Resources Council, 502-875-2428,fitz@kyrc.org           …

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Forest Service proposes loosening protections for endangered Indiana bats

Indiana bat colony in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rockcastle county The Daniel Boone National Forest has proposed to amend the forest’s 2004 management plan with respect to the…

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Winter Letter, December, 2017

Dear friends,As we wrap up Kentucky Heartwood’s 25th year of working to protect our public lands and native forests, I want to thank each of you for your support of…