Officials have canceled a proposal for commercial logging in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rockcastle County that had caused concern about the potential impact on a pristine spring and trees hundreds of years old.
An official with the U.S. Forest Service confirmed the decision to the Herald-Leader and Kentucky Heartwood, a forest education and advocacy group which was against the plan.
Opponents of the logging plan had proposed horse and hiking trails as an alternative in one area. They plan to continue pushing that idea with the U.S. Forest Service now that the logging plan has been withdrawn.
Jim Scheff, a forest ecologist with Kentucky Heartwood, said he was thrilled to learn late last week that the Forest Service had withdrawn the logging proposal. The proposal at issue was called the Crooked Creek Vegetation Management project, in the Climax and Little Egypt areas.
The Forest Service proposed a mix of commercial logging and tree-thinning that it said would improve the health of the forest, diversify habitat and provide trees for future use.
From Kentucky.com: https://www.kentucky.com/2012/09/17/2340120/logging-plan-for-daniel-boone.html#storylink=misearch