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Sen. Rand Paul introduces legislation to sell off Daniel Boone National Forest land. Calls urgently needed!

UPDATE #2: The Senate voted 92-8 in favor of S. 47 without Sen. Rand Paul’s amendments. Thank you to everyone who took time to call our legislators in support of…

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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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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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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…