KNLT is proud to announce a new tract of protected wildlands on Pine Mountain in Harlan County: the 290-acre Robert and Cora Carmical Addition. Read more.

KNLT Executive Director Greg Abernathy reflects on the importance of connectedness to sustaining all life and to fostering a conservation movement. 

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KNLT is protecting more wildlands on Pine Mountain with the 402 acre Karen Wilder Addition in Letcher County.

KNLT safeguarded more than 2,500 acres of wildlands in 2024. Read about our biggest conservation successes in our Annual Report. Read more >>

KNLT has been partnering with federal, state and nonprofit partners on bat conservation efforts from cave gating to habitat research. Read more >>

KNLT returned to hosting our annual artists’ retreat last fall with a weekend exploring the wildlands of Central Appalachia. Read More>>

The 174-acre W.F. Howard Addition expands Salt Trace Gap Preserve to 2,820 acres, protecting forested habitat at the headwaters of the Cumberland River.  Read More >> 

KNLT and the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves work together to protect  Eastern hemlocks against an invasive pest. Read more >>

The 255-acre Blevins Addition expands Salt Trace Gap Preserve, protecting forested habitat at the headwaters of the Cumberland River. Read more >>

The newly established Stone Branch Preserve on Cumberland Mountain safeguards 100 acres of forest habitat. Read more >>

The newly protected 49-acre tract safeguards the trail to one of the most iconic overlooks in Eastern Kentucky. Read more >>

The new preserve is part of over 8,000 contiguous acres of conservation lands along the Kentucky-Tennessee border. Read more >>

KNLT protected more wildlands on Pine Montain in late December through a land purchase in Harlan County. Read more >>

The 426-acre preserve is named in honor of the mountain lions that once called Kentucky home. Read more >>