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Kentucky Resources Council files FOIA appeal on behalf of Kentucky Heartwood
With the help of the Kentucky Resources Council, Kentucky Heartwood (KHW) filed an appeal challenging the Forest Service’s decision on August 17, 2021 to deny KHW a fee waiver request…
Public comment needed by July 26, 2021: Red River Gorge Management Planning document
Dear Citizens,Kentucky Heartwood staff is chipping away at comments for the Red River Gorge Management Planning process. After submitting our first electronic comment, we noticed that comments are actually due…
The public deserves more information about Blackwater
The Cumberland District of the Daniel Boone National Forest lies below Morehead, Kentucky and to the east of Cave Run Lake. The 12,000-acre Blackwater Landscape Analysis is proposed here. The…
Action Alert: Comments needed to stop 3,650 acres of logging in the Redbird District of the Daniel Boone National Forest!
The Forest Service is proposing to log 3,650 acres of the Redbird District of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Clay and Leslie Counties. Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment…
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…
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…
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…
Forest Service floats the Hinkle Land Exchange with little information
The Forest Service released the draft Environmental Assessment for the Hinkle Land Exchange in late September 2021. The exchange includes the Forest Service trading four tracks of forested federal land…