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Kentucky Heartwood

We need forests we can get lost in; trees that make us gape; streams we can drink from. 
​Wild places sustain and define us; ​we, in turn, must protect them.

Speak up for Endangered Bats!

4/3/2019

9 Comments

 
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The Forest Service has granted an extension for submitting comments on the proposed Forest Plan Amendment. The new deadline is Monday, April 15th at midnight. Several important documents and reports that are incorporated by reference in to the Draft Environmental Assessment had not been made available to the public until recently after requests were made. The extension was granted by Supervisor Olsen to allow the public more time to send comments now that those documents are available on the Daniel Boone National Forest website.

Get more information, links to official documents, and directions for submitting comments on our website here.

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9 Comments
Bonnie Waugh
4/3/2019 08:39:54 pm

This would be a terrible mistake...the bats have enough to contend with White Nose Syndrome....now too cut down more habitat is not exceptable. Please return this. We need our bats and bees!

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Jody wood
4/3/2019 08:41:21 pm

We gotta stop tearing down all our trees!
Ènough is enough!

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Valerie
4/3/2019 10:10:46 pm

This is outrageous considering all the losses we have had with white nose syndrome. Bat's are vital to our lives and our ecosystem and should be protected. Enough with deforestation when you are doing nothing responsible to sustain and replace.

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Suzanne Bennett
4/4/2019 03:34:21 am

BATS EAT MOSQUITOES. [Enclosed bats had 32 % fewer mosquito eggs than enclosures without bats.
There is evidence that bats can help keep mosquitoes in check and bats are proven to eat a lot of agricultural pests, like corn ear moths, spotted cucumber beetles and others.]
All five kinds of mosquitos common to Kentucky can carry some form of debilitating disease like malaria, yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, Zika and West Nile, according to the University of Kentucky. Potter and Beavers report mosquitos transmit the disease from other animals -- namely birds -- to humans.

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Stacey
4/5/2019 05:17:28 pm

Please consider the natural ecology disruption this would cause. It’s not just about the trees or the bats, it’s about the entire ecosystem disruption. We need to start placing importance preservation instead of on the bottom line.

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C Warren
4/5/2019 11:21:17 pm

Please, the bat population has been decimated by White Nose Syndrome. Please do everything possible to protect their habitat and keep the forest for all of us to enjoy.

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Debbie Bogenschutz
4/6/2019 09:29:04 am

Our WORLD is at risk for the sake of economic enrichment of the few. It won't matter how much money anyone has when the Earth has been destroyed.

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Ruth Linn
4/6/2019 10:32:55 am

Please do not clear these trees. Not only do the bats and others need the area the trees themselves are vital to humans.

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Kim Carden
4/6/2019 08:33:21 pm

Bats are an intricate part of our delicate ecosystem. Destroying their habitat will have catastrophic consequences for all of us. Reduce their numbers and diseases spread by insects, such as mosquitoes and ticks, will increase.

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