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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…

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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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Calls needed to save Land Between the Lakes, Daniel Boone National Forest from unrestrained logging

​Calls are urgently needed to U.S. Representative James Comer of Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District to save Land Between the Lakes and other national forests from unrestrained logging. This is especially…

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Farm Bill would gut National Forest Protections, calls to Congress needed!

The U.S. House Agriculture Committee has released a draft of the 2018 Farm Bill. The Forestry Title begins on page 464. The bill includes some devastating provisions with regards to our national…

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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…

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Massive new timber project threatens endangered darter: Comments needed by April 2, 2018

​The U.S. Forest Service has proposed 3,200 acres of intensive logging on the steep and rugged slopes of the Redbird District of the Daniel Boone National Forest. Comments need to…

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Kentucky Heartwood comments on proposed Forest Plan Amendment

Indiana bat colony in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rockcastle county Kentucky Heartwood has submitted comments to the Daniel Boone National Forest concerning the proposed Forest Plan Amendment. (Scroll…

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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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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…

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Kentucky Heartwood files in U.S. Court of Appeals to block Kinder Morgan/Tennessee Gas Pipeline conversion project

​For Immediate Release, February 6, 2018 ​ Contact: Ryan Talbott, Allegheny Defense Project, (503) 329-9162                 Tom Fitzgerald, Kentucky Resources Council, (502) 875…