2022 Year In Review

Thanks to your partnership we’ve had another great year protecting, connecting and restoring wildlands in the Commonwealth. The following are a few highlights from 2022: – KNLT protected 2,100 acres of wildlands adding landscape connectivity and resiliency across Kentucky. We had several notable Pine Mountain acquisitions include establishing Laurel Gap Preserve, expanding Salt Trace Gap and safeguarding wildlands next […]

KNLT Protects Wildlands Near Blanton Forest

This fall, Kentucky Natural Lands Trust (KNLT) protected an additional 68 acres of wildlands along Pine Mountain in Harlan County. The mountain is home to towering forests over 100 feet tall that provide habitat for thousands of plants and animals, some of them found nowhere else on the planet. The newly acquired land contributes to a […]

A Weekend on Pine Mountain: A Birder’s Perspective

Wildlands Blog: by Ronan O’Carra, Editor of The Kentucky Warbler, Kentucky Ornithological Society publication This fall The Kentucky Ornithological Society (KOS) hosted a meeting at Pine Mountain State Resort Park and I was glad to be able to attend. It was the second time I have attended a KOS meeting at Pine Mountain and it […]