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KNLT – Partner Highlights

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Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission. Learn more by visiting KSNPC's website. US Fish and Wildlife Service. KNLT has worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFWS) Kentucky Ecological Field Office since it first opened in 2002. KNLT and USFWS began an innovative partnership in 2009 launching the Imperlied Bat Conservation Fund. Learn more by visiting USFWS's website. Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. Learn more by visiting Bernheim's website. The Forecastle Foundation added KNLT as their firs...

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KNLT – Get Involved

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Stay in the Know. KNLT and Forecastle Foundation fall hike Greg Abernathy, KNLT. For KENTUCKY NATURAL LANDS TRUST. KNLT welcomes and depends upon the support of individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies to secure the preservation of Kentucky's natural heritage. Donations qualify as a charitable contribution in accordance with IRS regulations and will help to protect and preserve Kentucky's forests and migratory corridors for generations to come. Thomas G. Barnes. Berea, KY 40403.

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KNLT – KNLT Protects an Additional 982 Acres of Pine Mountain

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KNLT Protects an Additional 982 Acres of Pine Mountain. July 15, 2015. KNLT recently purchased 982 acres on the southern slope of Pine Mountain in Harlan County expanding our Salt Trace Gap preserve to 1,948 acres. This new tract of land is within the original preserve plan for Blanton Forest. KNLT negotiated the sale of this tract with two different generations of the family landowners. After 17 years of conversations we were finally able to purchase and protect this land. Posted on 15 July, 2015 in:.

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KNLT – KNLT Spring Artists’ Retreat 2015

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KNLT Spring Artists’ Retreat 2015. May 19, 2015. KNLT, in collaboration with writer Erik Reece, and visual artist and writer Zoe’ Strecker, recently hosted an artists’ retreat on Pine Mountain. The outing was aimed at engaging a diverse group of artists around our Pine Mountain Wildlands Project. Thank you to the Snowy Owl Foundation. For helping fund this retreat. We were honored to have the following individuals participate:. Writer and visual artist. Author and professor of writing. Stay in the Know.

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KNLT – Pine Mountain Wildlands Corridor

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Rare Plants & Animals. Pine Mountain ridgeline photo by Marc Evans. Through the Pine Mountain Wildlands Corridor, KNLT is working to connect existing protected areas on Pine Mountain to form a contiguous forested migratory corridor from Virginia to Tennessee, a distance of nearly 125 miles. Large forest tracts are extremely important for the survival of many different plants and animals, as well as, to the health of the forest itself. KNLT partners with state, federal and nonprofit partners. The mountain...

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KNLT – Conserve Your Land

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Good Spring Farm Conservation Easement photo by Greg Abernathy, KNLT. KNLT’s efforts are primarily focused within the Pine Mountain Wildlands Corridor. And the Bernheim-Fort Knox Wildlands Corridor. We collaborate with a variety of conservation partners to protect lands elsewhere around the state. If we cannot fit a land protection proposal into our priorities we will try to network landowners with one of our partner organizations who would fit the request. Direct Purchase of Properties. If a property fi...

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KNLT – Our Work

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Black-throated green warbler photo by Dan Pancamo. KNLT is working to protect, connect and restore wildlands, large forest tracts and migratory corridors. Efforts began with the preservation of Blanton Forest, expanded to the Pine Mountain Wildlands Corridor, and now include a range of conservation projects. KNLT uses a wide variety of tools to conserve natural areas and to work with forest landowners. Pine Mountain Wildlands Corridor. Fort Knox Wildlands Corridor. Imperiled Bat Conservation Fund.

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KNLT – Imperiled Bat Conservation Fund

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Management & Research. Indiana Bat photo by Mark Gumbert, Cooperhead Environmental Consultants. Since its inception, the IBCF has handled more than $19 million and has helped protect more than 15,000 acres of important bat and forest habitat in Kentucky. These conservation milestones were achieved through a variety of conservation partnerships. The fund was created initially to provide recovery-focused conservation for the federally-endangered Indiana bat. The IBCF has also funded a variety of bat resear...

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KNLT – Blanton Forest

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Knobby Rock, Blanton Forest photo by Chuck Summers. Blanton Forest is located on Pine Mountain in Harlan County and is the largest old growth forest known in Kentucky. Trees that tower 100 feet above the forest floor are the same ones the settlers saw as they came through the Cumberland Gap and moved westward into Kentucky in the 1700s. The forest is a union of past and present, one of the rare places where nature's scheme has gone unchallenged and unexploited. 1998: 8 acres added. 2002: 464 acres added.

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KNLT – Places We Protect

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Lands We Helped Protect. Archer Benge State Nature Preserve photo by Greg Abernathy, KNLT. Since forming in 1995 KNLT has protected over 7,000 acres of wildlands, assisted in the protection of over 25,000 additional acres through our partnerships and established itself as a key conservation organization in the state and region. Our successes come from a dedicated board and staff, extensive partnership network and committed donor base. Little Rock Creek Preserve. Salt Trace Gap Preserve. Clarks River Nati...