Welcome to 
KY Heartwood!

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Kentucky Heartwood is a not-for-profit organization and community of individuals dedicated to the health and well-being of Kentucky's native forests. We are driven by a reverence and respect for wild nature, a love of old trees, and the dream of a future where the rich forests of our region are once again allowed to grow old for their benefit and ours. 

We are a mostly volunteer organization, and your support matters. Please consider joining Kentucky Heartwood today.

Save Pisgah Bay! 

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Public comment period for the Greenwood project ended August 18, 2014. 

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The Forest Service has proposed commercial logging of 4,000 acres Pisgah Bay & Hillman Ferry area of Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. 
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Save Beaver Creek Wilderness!
Stop Greenwood!

Greenwood daniel boone national forest logging wilderness
The U.S. Forest Service, on July 18, 2014, proposed the largest timber sale on the Daniel Boone National Forest in a decade. The Greenwood Vegetation Management Project in McCreary and Pulaski counties proposes, among other management actions, more than 3,600 acres of commercial timber sales. 

Visit kentuckyoldgrowth.org 

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Kentucky Heartwood's new project, dedicated to the past, present, and future of old-growth forests in Kentucky, featuring information, photos, and maps of a growing number of old-growth forests. 

Click here to learn more.

Logging has begun in Upper Rock Creek

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Click here for more pictures. If this upsets you as much as us, please consider becoming a member or donating to Kentucky Heartwood so that we can have the resources to effectively challenge these projects!

Special thanks to the Fund for Wild Nature and Patagonia for continued support of our work!!! 

Help us gather signatures for the Petition for a Moratorium on Logging and Burning in Land Between the Lakes! Click here to read and download the petition.

LBL Draft Scenery Management Plan withdrawn! Thank you to everyone who sent in comments!

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The Forest Service proposed that this commercially leased farmland at LBL provides visitors with a better recreational experience than natural forests. Do you agree? (Photo Credit Tennessee Heartwood)

The Little Egypt Heritage Trail

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An alternative vision for a remarkable forest
Click here to learn more about our proposal to develop a hiking and equestrian trail system that promotes the cultural and natural history of Rockcastle County.

The View from Lick Creek
An Interview with Robert Stevens

The View from Lick Creek, produced by Chris Johns in 2007, captures an interview with Robert Stevens, who was 86 years old at the time. In this film, Robert examines the history of the USDA Forest Service and voices his concerns about  management of the Daniel Boone National Forest, including the dangers of using fire and toxic herbicides as management tools.

The View from Lick Creek Part I

The View from Lick Creek Part 2