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The Robinson Forest is a research, education, and extension forest owned by the University of Kentucky and managed by the Department of Forestry in the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment. The forest covers 14,786 acres (59.84 km 2) in Breathitt, Knott and Perry counties in Kentucky's Cumberland Plateau region. The main block of ...
The forest has become Kentucky's first carbon sequestration project with more than 538 acres (218 ha) of former farm land being replanted with hardwood seedlings. Future plans for the area are to purchase adjacent land to create a forest block of 3,000 to 3,500 acres (1,400 ha), [ 1 ] with the goal of reestablishing bottomland hardwood forest ...
It can grow up to 2 inches per day in the right conditions, according to the University of Kentucky Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. The vine's alternating, compound leaves with three ...
Green River State Forest [1] [3] Henderson County: Kentenia State Forest [1] Harlan County: Kentucky Ridge State Forest [1] Bell County: Knobs State Forest and Wildlife Management Area [1] Bullitt County: Marion County Wildlife Management Area and State Forest [1] [4] Marion County: Marrowbone State Forest and Wildlife Management Area [1] [5]
The Daniel Boone National Forest (originally the Cumberland National Forest) is a national forest in Kentucky. Established in 1937, it includes 708,000 acres (287,000 ha) of federally owned land within a 2,100,000-acre (850,000 ha) proclamation boundary. The name of the forest was changed in 1966 in honor of the explorer Daniel Boone.
The 2018 purchase was part of a project to create a wildlife corridor linking Knobs State Forest with nearby Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. [6] Incidentally, during the period 1959–1980, 4,000 acres of the Bernheim property was leased by the State of Kentucky and bore the name Knobs State Forest. [7]
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forests: Pennyrile State Forest is a state forest in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.
Kentucky Ridge State Forest is a state forest in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The 15,251-acre (61.72 km 2) forest was created in 1930 as part of the Land Use and Resettlement Program. In 1954, the United States gave the forest to the state of Kentucky. It contains Pine Mountain State Resort Park. [1]