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Print article Forest Service Implements Seasonal Voluntary Trail Closure

1 March 2010

Forest Service implements seasonal voluntary trail closure

WINCHESTER, Ky., March 1, 2010 – Forest Service officials with the Daniel Boone National Forest are implementing a seasonal “voluntary closure” of the Caney Loop Trail in the Cave Run Lake area. The closure extends through June 1, or until after the spring rainy season ends. ...Read More

Print article Volunteers Sought To Help Sheltowee Trace During March

17 February 2010

Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet News Release

Volunteers Sought To Help Sheltowee Trace During March

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The longest trail in Kentucky will get some extra attention during March as hiking season approaches.

The Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail is a 269-mile trail that runs from the Tennessee line north through the Daniel Boone National Forest to Rowan County.

13 January 2010

PA Game Commission Tracks White-Nose Syndrome

Three years later, hibernating bats continue to fall to this disorder

HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- White Nose Syndrome (WNS) has caused cave bat population reductions in New York and New England over the past three winters. It surfaced near Albany in 2006. Pennsylvania Game Commission officials say that they are expecting cave bat mortalities this winter if the disorder spreads through hibernacula as it did New York and New England over the previous winters. To track the effects of WNS, the Game Commission is asking the public to report winter-flying bats or dead and dying bats on the landscape.

12 January 2010

Zipline Adventures Plan Canopy Tour in Kentucky

Kentucky Post

FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority has approved a loan to Kentucky Zipline Adventures to construct a zipline canopy tour in Clay City.

Kentucky Zipline Adventures is planning to offer six lines ranging from a few hundred to over 1,500 feet in length. Participants wear a harness that is attached to the zipline and travel at tree-line level.

11 January 2010

Land Acquisition Extends Cumberland Trail

Chattanooga, TN (PRWEB) January 11, 2010 -- The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is helping the state of Tennessee extend the Cumberland Trail corridor another 19 miles, while protecting priority land for the public with the purchase of a key tract in the trail's development, TPL announced Sunday.

Cumberland Trail

TPL bought 1,388 acres in Claiborne and Campbell counties from a client of The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC (Molpus Woodlands Group).

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Print article YMCA May Run Otter Creek

4 January 2009

YMCA May Run Otter Creek

A year after closing Otter Creek Park to save money, Louisville officials are in discussions with the YMCA of Greater Louisville about it taking over operation of the 2,300-acre, city-owned park in Meade County.The YMCA, perhaps in partnership with a Louisville-based event-planning company, appears to be favored over several competing proposals to operate Otter Creek. Read More...

Print article Indian Creek Road Opens

WINCHESTER, Ky., September 22, 2009 – On Tuesday, September 22, the Indian Creek Road in Menifee County, Forest Service Road #9 in the Red River Gorge, will reopen to the public. The road was closed throughout much of the summer for construction.

5 August 2009

Notice: Due to such a positive response, the location for this meeting has been moved to:
Clark County Extension Office
1400 Fortune Dr.
Winchester, KY 40391

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A CONVERSATION ON THE FUTURE OF THE TRACE

Hikers, mountain bikes, trail riders are all invited to A Conversation on the Future of The Sheltowee Trace, Saturday, September 12, 2009 in Winchester, Kentucky. The Sheltowee Trace Association, a newly formed nonprofit organization, in cooperation with the Daniel Boone National Forest, will be gathering all user groups together for a discussion on the current status of The Trace and what the future holds for Kentucky's only long trail.