Our Mission
Kentucky Heartwood seeks to protect and restore the integrity, stability, and beauty of Kentucky’s native forests and biotic communities through research, education, advocacy, and community engagement.
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Kentucky Heartwood runs on a very small budget. By donating and becoming a member, you are helping protect some of the most incredible forests in the world.
The millions of creatures, from the fungi to the treetops thank you!
Kentucky Heartwood is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations are tax deductable.
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Join Kentucky Heartwood for a one-of-a-kind festival featuring a youth music contest, art exhibitors, children’s activities, a chalk drawing competition, hands-on workshops, a folk dance, and much more. Click here for more information.
Registration for the youth music competition is now open. Sign up forms are also now available for sponsors (THANK YOU!) and exhibitors.
Registration for the youth music competition is now open. Sign up forms are also now available for sponsors (THANK YOU!) and exhibitors.
Four thousand acres of logging proposed in London District of the Daniel Boone. Comments on the Pine Creek project are due by May 14, 2018
Overlook on the Rockcastle River in the Pine Creek project area
The Forest Service has proposed yet another new, large logging project, this time proposing over 4,000 acres of timber harvesting in the London District of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Laurel, Pulaski, and Rockcastle Counties. Comments on the Pine Creek project are due by May 14, 2018 (the due date was originally Monday, April 23rd). Learn more here.
Calls are urgently needed. The Farm Bill has passed Committee (as of April 18) and is moving to the the full House. Please call your Congress person. (There's a link to find Congress members in the blog post).
The 2018 Farm Bill includes provisions for 6,000 acre logging projects with no public input or environmental review, diverts funds from watershed restoration and trails to logging, and creates exemptions to the Endangered Species Act. Calls to Congress are needed to protect our national forests from this giveaway to the timber industry. Learn more here.
The 2018 Farm Bill includes provisions for 6,000 acre logging projects with no public input or environmental review, diverts funds from watershed restoration and trails to logging, and creates exemptions to the Endangered Species Act. Calls to Congress are needed to protect our national forests from this giveaway to the timber industry. Learn more here.
Forest Watch
Follow the links for more information on about the following projects on the Daniel Boone National Forest:
- Forest Plan Amendment
- South Red Bird Project
- Blackwater IRMS
- Pine Creek Forest Restoration Project
- Greenwood project
- Beaver Creek
- Climax and Little Egypt
- Upper Rock Creek
Winter Newsletter, February 2018
Our Winter 2018 newsletter is available in an easy to read version, above, and as a ready to print publication, below.
Volunteer Opportunity: We could always use help spreading the word about what is happening on our public lands. So, if you know of a place that would be good to put our newsletters, please lend a hand by printing out as many as you need and distribute them where you see fit. Or, let us know how many you need and we will mail them to you. Thank you!
(Printing tips: print orientation is landscape, two sided printing - flip on short end, and collate.)
Volunteer Opportunity: We could always use help spreading the word about what is happening on our public lands. So, if you know of a place that would be good to put our newsletters, please lend a hand by printing out as many as you need and distribute them where you see fit. Or, let us know how many you need and we will mail them to you. Thank you!
(Printing tips: print orientation is landscape, two sided printing - flip on short end, and collate.)
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We are excited to share this video with the world! Take a journey through the history of Kentucky Heartwood. Shot and edited by Sellus Wilder, and produced by Joel Dufour.
Kentucky Heartwood Challenges Major Timber Project on Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest
Rare Species and Restoration Take Back Seat to Logging Plans
Read our press release, including our formal objection, by visiting our blog post for this story (scroll to bottom of the post to download the pdf of our objection).
Read our press release, including our formal objection, by visiting our blog post for this story (scroll to bottom of the post to download the pdf of our objection).
Old Growth Forest website for Kentucky
Kentucky Heartwood's 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.
Visit and learn more about Kentucky Old Growth.
Visit and learn more about Kentucky Old Growth.
We Saved Pisgah Bay!
After more than a year of hard work, Kentucky Heartwood and our allies with the Coalition to Preserve Land Between the Lakes succeeded in convincing the Forest Service to withdraw the Pisgah Bay Project and more than 4,000 acres of commercial logging!
Click here to learn more.
Click here to learn more.
The Little Egypt Heritage Trail: An alternative vision for a remarkable forest
Did you know that the third oldest known shortleaf pine on the planet lives in Rockcastle county, Kentucky, in the Daniel Boone National Forest? It is 319 years old (as of 2016). It stands in a forest that was proposed for logging in 2010. After a public campaign led by Kentucky Heartwood members to save Climax and Little Egypt, the logging project was withdrawn. This tree stands because people cared and stood up to protect our public forest. Learn more about our proposal to develop a hiking and equestrian trail system that would take visitors not only to see this magnificent tree, but also promotes the cultural and natural history of Rockcastle County.
Logging has begun in Upper Rock Creek
More info & pictures here,
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!
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!