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General Update
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…
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…
Forest Service proposes more logging in severely landside-prone areas
Forest in a proposed logging unit in the Hector Mountain project area. The U.S. Forest Service has proposed logging up to 250 acres in areas with extreme landslide risks in…
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…
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…
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…
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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Defining Mature and Old Growth Public Comment Period
On Earth Day President Biden issued an Executive order calling on the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to conserve mature and old-growth forests as a climate solution. This…