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Transition to native vegetation proposed for wildlife openings in London Ranger District: Comments due January 6, 2017.

​The Forest Service has proposed positive changes in their management of maintained “wildlife openings” in two Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in the London Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National…

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Forest Service withdraws logging plans in Birmingham Ferry Salvage Project

Blowdown area in Pisgah Bay Core Area The Forest Service has decided not to move forward with 120 acres of proposed salvage logging at Land  Between the Lakes National Recreation…

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Beaver Creek harvests approved. Better is better, right?

Forest approved for shelterwood harvest along Cave Run Trails system On November 29th, the U.S. Forest Service published their decision to approve the Commercial Harvest in the Beaver Creek Watershed…

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Kentucky steps up to fight Kinder Morgan pipeline!

Green River. Photo credit Gerry James, Explore Kentucky Initiative For the past two years, Kentucky Heartwood has been active in the effort to stop Kinder Morgan’s plans to repurpose the…

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Comments to FERC on Kinder Morgan Pipeline submitted by Kentucky Heartwood & Frack Free Foothills

The following comments on the Kinder Morgan  Abandonment and Capacity Restoration Project were submitted to FERC today.  Click the link below to read the comments. acr_umtp_tgp_comments_final.pdf File Size: 860 kb…

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Our public wildlands are part of who we are, and we will fight to defend them.

Dear Friends,​As 2016 winds down and we look toward a new year and new uncertainties, we mark a significant milestone. Next year will mark 25 years of Kentucky Heartwood’s effective,…

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Southeastern Kentucky Fish Protected Under Endangered Species Act With 248 Stream Miles of Critical Habitat

Kentucky arrow darter photo by Dr. Matthew R. Thomas, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. For Immediate Release, October 4, 2016 Contact: Noah Greenwald, (503) 484-7495, ngreenwald@biologicaldiversity.org Jim Scheff, (859) 334-0602, jim@kyheartwood.orgSoutheastern Kentucky…

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2016 Fundraising Letter

Levi’s wonderfully lyrical and compelling fundraising letter has raised $3,793 so far. This is just $13 shy of our best fundraising letter ever! We realized today that we failed to…

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Endangered White Fringeless Orchid, Berea KY Celebration

Thank you to all who came to the celebration. It was so fun! Special thanks to Berea Tourism, especially Kerri Lee Hensley. Zoe Speaks played (including some songs from their new…

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11th Annual Music Fest