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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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Kentucky Heartwood Challenges Major Timber Project on Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest

Rare Species and Restoration Take Back Seat to Logging Plans Kentucky Heartwood has filed a formal administrative objection (“pre-decisional objection”) challenging the approval of the Greenwood Vegetation Management Project on…

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An Unprecedented Threat to our National Forests

The U.S. House of Representatives is currently considering H.R. 2936, the deceitfully-named Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017. The bill is sponsored by Representative Bruce Westerman of Arkansas, who’s largest…

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Environmental Assessment released for Comment on Greenwood Project

Comments are due by Monday, March 6, 2017​Directions on how to submit your comments are at the bottom of this post.​ ​The Daniel Boone National Forest on February 2nd released…

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Kentucky Heartwood Challenges Bledsoe Coal Lease   

In December 2012, Kentucky Heartwood submitted comments on the Forest Service’s Environmental Analysis (EA) for the Bledsoe Coal Lease on the Redbird District of the Daniel Boone NF in Leslie…

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Kentucky Heartwood Honors John Walker, Daniel Boone National Forest

Kentucky Heartwood was privileged to present a plaque to John Walker of the Daniel Boone National Forest in recognition of his work to protect and restore the lands of Cromer…

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Kentucky Heartwood comments on DBNF Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Proposal

Kentucky Heartwood recently submitted comments for scoping on a proposal by the Daniel Boone National Forest to save some hemlock stands in the face of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. You…