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Forest Service proposes more logging in severely landside-prone areas
Forest in a proposed logging unit in the Hector Mountain project area. The U.S. Forest Service has proposed logging up to 250 acres in areas with extreme landslide risks in…
2021 Year in Review
In 2021 alone, Kentucky Heartwood responded to eight project proposals across the Daniel Boone National Forest (DBNF) in addition to tracking multiple other projects at various stages of development. Here…
Forest Service aims to shortcut environmental review and public participation in logging projects
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) recently issued final revised regulations that dramatically shortcut environmental review, and public input and oversight, on projects that include up to 2,800 acres of logging…
Kentucky Heartwood files formal objection to South Red Bird project
This area along the Redbird Crest Trail is approved for logging by the Forest Service. Most of the trees in this photo will be cut under the Forest Service’s plan.…
Welcome, Ashley Lipscomb!
Ashley and Akadia Kentucky Heartwood is excited to announce that we have hired Ashley Lipscomb to serve as our new Director! We are thrilled to have her on staff, and…
Forest Service approves Pine Creek project. Here’s what it means.
In January the Forest Service published their final decision on the Pine Creek Forest Restoration Project. The final approval of the project comes 4 years after the Forest Service’s first…
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 …
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…