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Join the local community in voicing opposition to Forest Service’s ten thousand acre Jellico Mountain logging project.
Dear Friends! We want to tell you about an opportunity to make a positive impact. The Jellico Vegetation Management Project is a massive logging project that the Forest Service announced…

Public participation is critical in shaping the future of the Jellico Mountains
Jellico Creek, Daniel Boone National Forest, Critical Habitat for Federally listed Endangered and Threatened Species What’s going on in Jellico? Jellico is a part of the Cumberland Mountains on the…

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.…

Jellico management planning begins. Speak up for the Jellico mountains!
A massive and gorgeous dominant white oak in an unprotected secondary old-growth forest in the Jellico area. TAKE ACTION! Join the virtual public meeting about the Jellico areaTuesday, October 13, 20205-6:30…
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…