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Type	In This Edition
pdf	* The KNLT Story * Fighting Bush Honeysuckle the Ben Franklin Way * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Hugh Archer Receives 2007 Biological Diversity Protection Award * Volunteer Steward for 2007 is Mary Carol Cooper * Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Surveyed with Volunteers * Director’s Notes
pdf	* Biologists Answer Some of the Mysteries of Bat Life Histories * Japanese Hops Emerges as an Aggressive Invasive Plant in Kentucky * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Black Bear Cub Born Just Outside Blanton Forest * Springtime in Kentucky * Director’s Notes * Upcoming Hikes and Events
pdf	* Black Bear Research in Southeastern Kentucky * Musket Balls Among the Goldenrod * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Blackacre Hosts KCC Meeting in September * Land Protection Report * Director’s Notes * Upcoming Hikes and Events
pdf	* Chronicles of a Glacial Relict * Wood Lilies Show Decline * Third Annual Short’s Goldenrod Festival * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Got Garlic Mustard? A New Approach to Control * Land Protection Report * Director’s Notes * Upcoming Hikes and Events * Tsuga Art & Music
pdf	* A Message from Governor Ernie Fletcher * 1976-2006 30 Years for KSNPC * Dr. William H. Martin receives 2006 Biological Diversity Protection Award * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Volunteer Steward for 2006 is Harold Kelley * Land Protection Report * Eastern Region Has a New Manager * Director’s Notes
pdf	* Nuisance Aquatic Animals in Kentucky * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Volunteer Day at Blanton Forest State Nature Preserve * Land Protection Report * Director’s Notes * In the Footsteps of Lucy Braun
pdf	* Second Annual Short’s Goldenrod Festival * West Virginia Native Plant Society Inventories Rare Plant at Jenny Wiley State Park * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Farewell to Ron Scott * Director’s Notes * In the Footsteps of Lucy Braun
pdf	* Biodiversity Project Reaches Over 500,000 Kentuckians, Launches New Educational Resources * KSNPC Landowner Incentive Program Works to Protect Rare Orchid * Pilot Knob’s Main Trail Renamed to Honor Oscar Geralds * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Second Annual Short’s Goldenrod Festival * Farewell to Heather Housman * Director’s Note
pdf	* Partners in Conservation * Bad Branch * Dr. Ronald L. Jones Receives the Commission’s 2005 Biological Diversity Protection Award * Robert Dunlap Receives the 2005 Volunteer Steward Award * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * Director’s Notes * Tax Checkoff
pdf	* Bluegrass Savanna-Woodland Project * Out With the Invasive, In With the Native * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * New KSNPC Logo Unveiled * Director’s Notes * In the Footsteps of Lucy Braun
pdf	* Natural Bridge State Park Nature Preserve Impacted by Off-Road Vehicles * Short’s Goldenrod Festival * Goodbye and Good Luck to Preserve Management Partners * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * Prescribed Fire Photos * Director’s Notes
pdf	* Reflections on 20 Years of Biodiversity Protection In Kentucky * Dangerous Times for Our Forest Cathedrals * KSNPC Hosts First Short’s Goldenrod Festival * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * The Trouble with Tires… * Happy Trails, Dave * Prescribed Fire Photo * Director’s Notes
pdf	* Dr. Charles Covell Jr. Ph. D, Receives Commission’s 2004 Biological Diversity Protection Award * Sonja Fields Receives 2004 Volunteer Steward Award * Yet Another Rare Plant Discovered at Crooked Creek SNP * New Lands Added to the SNP System * Land Protection Report * Director’s Notes
pdf	* Across the Americas: Kentucky’s Ecological Link to Latin America * Annual Spring Equinox Outing a Success * Land Protection Report * Prescribed Fire Photos * It’s All New To Me * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Director’s Notes
pdf	* All’s Not Quiet on the Western Front – A Preserve Manager’s Perspective * Unusual Bird Encountered at Natural Bridge State Park Nature Preserve * An Assessment of “Hot Spots” & Priority Watersheds for Conservation * Research on Kentucky’s Nature Preserves * Prescribed Fires on State Nature Preserves * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * In The Footsteps of Lucy Braun * Director’s Notes
pdf	* Rare Plants and Rivers * KSNPC publishes Ph.D. Dissertation on Snakes of Kentucky * Ecological Treasure in the Purchase Area Added to State Nature Preserves System * Trespassers Punished After Breaking into Carpenter Cave * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * Heritage Branch Experiences Changes * Happy Trails to George Crabtree, Preserve Monitor * Director’s Notes
pdf	* Geographic Information Systems Help the Commission Meet its Mission * Ed Craft Receives 2003 Volunteer Steward Award * 2003 Biological Protection Award to Tom FitzGerald * Mussel Decline in Horse Lick Creek Studied * Director’s Notes * Land Protection Report
pdf	* Blackacre SNP – 25 Years of Preservation and Education * Volunteers and Staff Help One of Kentucky’s Rarest Plants * Tiny Predator Rediscovered In Kentucky * Director’s Notes * Environmental Quality Commission 2004 Earth Day Award to Blackacre SNP
pdf	* Kentucky Rare Plant Information Online * Raiding Mother Earth’s Medicine Chest * Director’s Notes * New Addition to High Lewis Pine Barrens SNP
pdf	* Return of the Majestic Great Blue * Nature Preserve System Now Reaches to Lincoln County * Hardin County Gets Forth SNP * What’s New? * Kentucky’s Landowner Incentive Program, Partnerships in Protection * Land Protection Updates * Director’s Notes
pdf	* The Rare Plant Act – It’s Official * Springtime at Logan County Glade SNP * Tribute to Kris Snyder * Director’s Notes * Land Protection Report * Commission Presents Annual Awards
pdf	* James E. Bickford SNP Dedicated at Pine Mountain Settlement School * KSNPC Commissioner Kenneth D. Jackson Retires After 14 Years * Director’s Notes * Land Protection Report
pdf	* Kentucky in the Days of Lewis and Clark – Changes in Wildlife Habitat * Brigadoon SNP Now Open for Public Use * Director’s Notes * Land Protection Report
pdf	* Pine Mountain – An Impressive Work of Mother Nature * 2001 KSNPC Biological Diversity Protection Award Recipient – John Roy MacGregor * Hunting For Freshwater Mussels in the Green River * Blanton Forest Opens at Last! * KSNPC Our Work Has Barely Begun… * Franklin County Landowners Protect Globally Rare Plant * Update from the Director
pdf	* Kentucky’s Stream Dragons * Cumberland Falls SPNP * Kentucky State Fair Exhibit * Director’s Notes * Land Protection Report
pdf	* We Are Celebrating Our 25th Anniversary * Lower Howard’s Creek Becomes 40th SNP * Director’s Notes * Invertebrates… Catch the Fever! * Sherri Evans Memorial Fund
pdf	* Blanton Forest Grows… * Blackacre – Reflections on Our First Preserve * Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of KSNPC * Director’s Notes * How You Can Help
pdf	* Raiding Mother Earth’s Medicine Chest * Carl Cook Receives Commission’s Biodiversity Protection Award * Director’s Annual Report * Uncovering the Silver Lining at Blanton Forest * Tax Check-off and HCLF Programs Support Invaluable Research Efforts to Help Guide Stewardship * Sherri Evans Memorial Fund
pdf	* The State of Kentucky’s Natural Communities * More Land for Nature Preserves * Fish Consumption Advisory at Metropolis Lake SNP * Director’s Update * Black Carp Invasion * Drought Leaves Mussels High and Dry * We Will Miss You Barry!
pdf	* 1998 Highlights * Highlights of the 98th Meeting of the KSNPC * Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund * Black Mountain Update * Treasures on Unsteady Grounds – Kentucky’s Streamhead Bogs * A Good Year for Fire
pdf	* And Kentucky’s Top 10 Streams for Rare Species and Biodiversity Conservation Are… * Director’s Update * Pilot Knob Nature Preserve Expanded * Tragedy on Pine Mountain * Northern Leopard Frog Surveys Produce Positive Results * Stipuled Scurf Pea: Searching for a Piece of Natural Heritage * Spring Prescribed Burn Season a Great Success
pdf	* Aliens Among Us * Director’s Update * The Natural Heritage Program Network * U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Registers Stillhouse Branch State Natural Area * The Kentucky Forest Block Project * Preserve Spotlight: Blue Licks SPNP
pdf	* Bad Branch SNP * Director’s Farewell * A Time for Healing * Jeff Hohman Receives Biological Diversity Protection Award * Exploring the Shawnee Hills and the Mississippian Plateau * Stewardship Takes to the Skies
pdf	* Rare Plants of the Bluegrass * Goodrum Cave SNP * The Future of Data at KSNPC * Freshwater Mussel Studies on the Green River * Spotlight on Arbor Day
pdf	* Kentucky’s Shrewd Mammals – the Soricids * Highlights of the 96th Meeting of the KSNPC * Bug Revelations at Natural Bridge SPNP * Native Plants – In Their Place * Volunteer Profile
pdf	* Kentucky’s Highlands – The Cumberland Mountains * Mining on Black Mountain * Putting a Face on a “Last Great Place” * Preserve Spotlight: Kingdom Come SPNP * Dave Skinner’s New Plant Discovery * Notes from the Director * Natural Areas Association Conference Update
pdf	* KSNPC Submits Comments to Daniel Boone National Forest * KSNPC Aids Rare Species Conservation and Sea Lamprey Control in Vermont * Exotic Plant Symposium A Success * Two New State Nature Preserves Dedicated in Kentucky * KSNPC Awards First Biological Diversity Protection Award
pdf	* Conservation and Protection of the Biota of Karst * Update on the Natural Areas Registry * Working to Protect More Land * Copperbelly Water Snake Conservation Agreement Signed * Flood of ’97 Drowns 3,000 Victims
pdf	* Emilie Strong Smith: A Lesson on Giving * Hi Lewis Pine Barrens Dedicated as Kentucky’s 36th Nature Preserve * Land Acquisition Update * Kentucky’s History Is Written on the Land * Classification and Inventory of Natural Communities * Stewardship News and Views
pdf	* Palisades State Nature Preserves * September Commission Meeting Very Active! * Land Acquisition Update * Eastview Barrens Dedicated as Kentucky’s 37th SNP * Commission Approves Preserve Design Policy * Clara Wheatley Fills Vacant KSNPC Commissioner Position
pdf	* The Kentucky Natural Areas Inventory * Heritage Land Conservation Fund Makes First Grants * Preserve Spotlight: Bat Cave & Cascade Caverns SNP * Short’s Goldenrod: A Plant with a Past * Which Way Did They Go?
pdf	* KSNPC Celebrates 20th Anniversary * New Preserves Dedicated * Stewardship Program New Staff Profiles * Rediscovery of the Western Sand Darter
pdf	* Those Beautiful Lady’s Slippers * Land Acquisition and Dedication Report * New Faces at KSNPC * Preserve Spotlight: Up From the Ashes – Restoration of Raymond Athey Barrens SNP * Caddisflies: Weavers of Silk
pdf	* Hi Lewis Pine Barrens, Another Unique Area on Pine Mountain * In Memoriam: Dr. Robert Russell Starr * Unwelcome Company * Kentucky Breeding Bird Atlas Completed
pdf	* Freshwater Mussels of the Licking River Drainage * KSNPC Staff Updates * KSNPC Makes Strides Towards Seven Goals * Blanton Forest Update * Preserve Spotlight: Boone County Cliffs SNP * Stewardship News and Views
pdf	* KSNPC Part of Prescribed Burning Workshop * Dragonhunter Alert * How KSNPC Selects Natural Areas for Protection * Earth Day and Everyday—The Time Has Come To… * Stewardship News and Views
pdf	* Species Focus: Kentucky’s Bats * Woodburn Glade * Staff Update * Kentucky River Locks and Dams Inventory Conducted * Nature Preserves Designated as Watchable Wildlife Sites
pdf	* Blanton Forest Acquisition * Daniel Boone National Forest: Ten Year Plan for Revision * Staff Update
pdf	* Preserve Spotlight: Kingdom Come SPNP * All In a Day’s Work * New Discoveries of Federally Endangered &Threatened Species * Stream Adventures: In Search of Blackside Dace * Volunteer News
pdf	* KSNPC Moves to New Location * Natural Areas Registry Program: An Update * Data Services Brochure * Preserve Spotlight: Jesse Stuart SNP * General Assembly Very Good to KSNPC * Winter Storms Means Spring Cleaning
pdf	* KSNPC Receives Two Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards * Blanton Forest - Exploring Kentucky’s Largest Old-Growth Forest * Glade Cress: A Tiny Survivor * Kentucky Outlook 2000: Defining Kentucky’s Next-Century Needs * Freshwater Mussels Declines in the Cumberland River at the Falls * Preserve Spotlight: Beargrass Creek SNP
pdf	* KSNPC Has a New Director * Status of KSNPC * Kentucky's State Natural Area Registry Program: A Story of Success * KSNPC Rare Plant Discoveries of 1992 * Volunteer News * Welcome Ellis
pdf	* Commission Conducts Rare Species Inventory at Fort Knox * Kentucky Breeding Bird Atlas Update * Preserve Spotlight: Pilot Knob SNP * Stewardship - More Than Meets the Eye * Natural Areas Registry Program: An Update
pdf	* Alligator Gar: It Rubbed Scales with the Dinosaurs * Welcome to Julia and Steve! * Volunteer News * Preserve Spotlight: Metropolis Lake SNP * KAEE Conference at Blackacre * What is The KSNPC Fund?
pdf	* Mr. & Mrs. Wigglesworth Donate Land * Preserve System Grows * Volunteers in Action * Jackson Purchase Inventory Complete * KY Mussels: Going, Going... * Bad Branch Management Plan * Kris Snyder Joins the Staff * Acquisition of Goodrum Cave
pdf	* Congratulations, Mr. Hannan... * Volunteers in Action * Kentucky's Rare Flora: The Art of Status Assessment * State Nature Preserve Systems Continues to Grow
pdf	* Sorry, You're Too Late * Commission Host Heritage Conference * New Preserve Dedicated * Volunteers in Action * Breeding Bird Atlas Flying High! * Glade Cress Endangered * Natural Heritage * Rare Plant Studies
pdf	* Howard Raymond Athey 1914 - 1991 * Volunteers in Action * Commission Acquisition of Chaney Lake Final * New Rare Species List * New Commission Staff Members
pdf	* Westward Ho! * Celebrating 20 Years of Global Stewardship * Natural Areas Inventory: The First Results * Mussels and Important Park of Heritage Program
pdf	* A Greeting and Introduction to KSNPC * Volunteers Are Vital! * List of State Nature Preserves * Discovery! Running Buffalo Clover

Newsletters

Type

In This Edition

pdf

* The KNLT Story * Fighting Bush Honeysuckle the Ben Franklin Way * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Hugh Archer Receives 2007 Biological Diversity Protection Award * Volunteer Steward for 2007 is Mary Carol Cooper * Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Surveyed with Volunteers * Director’s Notes

pdf

* Biologists Answer Some of the Mysteries of Bat Life Histories * Japanese Hops Emerges as an Aggressive Invasive Plant in Kentucky * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Black Bear Cub Born Just Outside Blanton Forest * Springtime in Kentucky * Director’s Notes * Upcoming Hikes and Events

pdf

* Black Bear Research in Southeastern Kentucky * Musket Balls Among the Goldenrod * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Blackacre Hosts KCC Meeting in September * Land Protection Report * Director’s Notes * Upcoming Hikes and Events

pdf

* Chronicles of a Glacial Relict * Wood Lilies Show Decline * Third Annual Short’s Goldenrod Festival * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Got Garlic Mustard? A New Approach to Control * Land Protection Report * Director’s Notes * Upcoming Hikes and Events * Tsuga Art & Music

pdf

* A Message from Governor Ernie Fletcher * 1976-2006 30 Years for KSNPC * Dr. William H. Martin receives 2006 Biological Diversity Protection Award * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Volunteer Steward for 2006 is Harold Kelley * Land Protection Report * Eastern Region Has a New Manager * Director’s Notes

pdf

* Nuisance Aquatic Animals in Kentucky * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Volunteer Day at Blanton Forest State Nature Preserve * Land Protection Report * Director’s Notes * In the Footsteps of Lucy Braun

pdf

* Second Annual Short’s Goldenrod Festival * West Virginia Native Plant Society Inventories Rare Plant at Jenny Wiley State Park * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Farewell to Ron Scott * Director’s Notes * In the Footsteps of Lucy Braun

pdf

* Biodiversity Project Reaches Over 500,000 Kentuckians, Launches New Educational Resources * KSNPC Landowner Incentive Program Works to Protect Rare Orchid * Pilot Knob’s Main Trail Renamed to Honor Oscar Geralds * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Second Annual Short’s Goldenrod Festival * Farewell to Heather Housman * Director’s Note

pdf

* Partners in Conservation * Bad Branch * Dr. Ronald L. Jones Receives the Commission’s 2005 Biological Diversity Protection Award * Robert Dunlap Receives the 2005 Volunteer Steward Award * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * Director’s Notes * Tax Checkoff

pdf

* Bluegrass Savanna-Woodland Project * Out With the Invasive, In With the Native * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * New KSNPC Logo Unveiled * Director’s Notes * In the Footsteps of Lucy Braun

pdf

* Natural Bridge State Park Nature Preserve Impacted by Off-Road Vehicles * Short’s Goldenrod Festival * Goodbye and Good Luck to Preserve Management Partners * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * Prescribed Fire Photos * Director’s Notes

pdf

* Reflections on 20 Years of Biodiversity Protection In Kentucky * Dangerous Times for Our Forest Cathedrals * KSNPC Hosts First Short’s Goldenrod Festival * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * The Trouble with Tires… * Happy Trails, Dave * Prescribed Fire Photo * Director’s Notes

pdf

* Dr. Charles Covell Jr. Ph. D, Receives Commission’s 2004 Biological Diversity Protection Award * Sonja Fields Receives 2004 Volunteer Steward Award * Yet Another Rare Plant Discovered at Crooked Creek SNP * New Lands Added to the SNP System * Land Protection Report * Director’s Notes

pdf

* Across the Americas: Kentucky’s Ecological Link to Latin America * Annual Spring Equinox Outing a Success * Land Protection Report * Prescribed Fire Photos * It’s All New To Me * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Director’s Notes

pdf

* All’s Not Quiet on the Western Front – A Preserve Manager’s Perspective * Unusual Bird Encountered at Natural Bridge State Park Nature Preserve * An Assessment of “Hot Spots” & Priority Watersheds for Conservation * Research on Kentucky’s Nature Preserves * Prescribed Fires on State Nature Preserves * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * In The Footsteps of Lucy Braun * Director’s Notes

pdf

* Rare Plants and Rivers * KSNPC publishes Ph.D. Dissertation on Snakes of Kentucky * Ecological Treasure in the Purchase Area Added to State Nature Preserves System * Trespassers Punished After Breaking into Carpenter Cave * In the Spotlight: Kentucky’s Rare Species and Communities * Land Protection Report * Heritage Branch Experiences Changes * Happy Trails to George Crabtree, Preserve Monitor * Director’s Notes

pdf

* Geographic Information Systems Help the Commission Meet its Mission * Ed Craft Receives 2003 Volunteer Steward Award * 2003 Biological Protection Award to Tom FitzGerald * Mussel Decline in Horse Lick Creek Studied * Director’s Notes * Land Protection Report

pdf

* Blackacre SNP – 25 Years of Preservation and Education * Volunteers and Staff Help One of Kentucky’s Rarest Plants * Tiny Predator Rediscovered In Kentucky * Director’s Notes * Environmental Quality Commission 2004 Earth Day Award to Blackacre SNP

pdf

* Kentucky Rare Plant Information Online * Raiding Mother Earth’s Medicine Chest * Director’s Notes * New Addition to High Lewis Pine Barrens SNP

pdf

* Return of the Majestic Great Blue * Nature Preserve System Now Reaches to Lincoln County * Hardin County Gets Forth SNP * What’s New? * Kentucky’s Landowner Incentive Program, Partnerships in Protection * Land Protection Updates * Director’s Notes

pdf

* The Rare Plant Act – It’s Official * Springtime at Logan County Glade SNP * Tribute to Kris Snyder * Director’s Notes * Land Protection Report * Commission Presents Annual Awards

pdf

* James E. Bickford SNP Dedicated at Pine Mountain Settlement School * KSNPC Commissioner Kenneth D. Jackson Retires After 14 Years * Director’s Notes * Land Protection Report

pdf

* Kentucky in the Days of Lewis and Clark – Changes in Wildlife Habitat * Brigadoon SNP Now Open for Public Use * Director’s Notes * Land Protection Report

pdf

* Pine Mountain – An Impressive Work of Mother Nature * 2001 KSNPC Biological Diversity Protection Award Recipient – John Roy MacGregor * Hunting For Freshwater Mussels in the Green River * Blanton Forest Opens at Last! * KSNPC Our Work Has Barely Begun… * Franklin County Landowners Protect Globally Rare Plant * Update from the Director

pdf

* Kentucky’s Stream Dragons * Cumberland Falls SPNP * Kentucky State Fair Exhibit * Director’s Notes * Land Protection Report

pdf

* We Are Celebrating Our 25th Anniversary * Lower Howard’s Creek Becomes 40th SNP * Director’s Notes * Invertebrates… Catch the Fever! * Sherri Evans Memorial Fund

pdf

* Blanton Forest Grows… * Blackacre – Reflections on Our First Preserve * Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of KSNPC * Director’s Notes * How You Can Help

pdf

* Raiding Mother Earth’s Medicine Chest * Carl Cook Receives Commission’s Biodiversity Protection Award * Director’s Annual Report * Uncovering the Silver Lining at Blanton Forest * Tax Check-off and HCLF Programs Support Invaluable Research Efforts to Help Guide Stewardship * Sherri Evans Memorial Fund

pdf

* The State of Kentucky’s Natural Communities * More Land for Nature Preserves * Fish Consumption Advisory at Metropolis Lake SNP * Director’s Update * Black Carp Invasion * Drought Leaves Mussels High and Dry * We Will Miss You Barry!

pdf

* 1998 Highlights * Highlights of the 98th Meeting of the KSNPC * Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund * Black Mountain Update * Treasures on Unsteady Grounds – Kentucky’s Streamhead Bogs * A Good Year for Fire

pdf

* And Kentucky’s Top 10 Streams for Rare Species and Biodiversity Conservation Are… * Director’s Update * Pilot Knob Nature Preserve Expanded * Tragedy on Pine Mountain * Northern Leopard Frog Surveys Produce Positive Results * Stipuled Scurf Pea: Searching for a Piece of Natural Heritage * Spring Prescribed Burn Season a Great Success

pdf

* Aliens Among Us * Director’s Update * The Natural Heritage Program Network * U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Registers Stillhouse Branch State Natural Area * The Kentucky Forest Block Project * Preserve Spotlight: Blue Licks SPNP

pdf

* Bad Branch SNP * Director’s Farewell * A Time for Healing * Jeff Hohman Receives Biological Diversity Protection Award * Exploring the Shawnee Hills and the Mississippian Plateau * Stewardship Takes to the Skies

pdf

* Rare Plants of the Bluegrass * Goodrum Cave SNP * The Future of Data at KSNPC * Freshwater Mussel Studies on the Green River * Spotlight on Arbor Day

pdf

* Kentucky’s Shrewd Mammals – the Soricids * Highlights of the 96th Meeting of the KSNPC * Bug Revelations at Natural Bridge SPNP * Native Plants – In Their Place * Volunteer Profile

pdf

* Kentucky’s Highlands – The Cumberland Mountains * Mining on Black Mountain * Putting a Face on a “Last Great Place” * Preserve Spotlight: Kingdom Come SPNP * Dave Skinner’s New Plant Discovery * Notes from the Director * Natural Areas Association Conference Update

pdf

* KSNPC Submits Comments to Daniel Boone National Forest * KSNPC Aids Rare Species Conservation and Sea Lamprey Control in Vermont * Exotic Plant Symposium A Success * Two New State Nature Preserves Dedicated in Kentucky * KSNPC Awards First Biological Diversity Protection Award

pdf

* Conservation and Protection of the Biota of Karst * Update on the Natural Areas Registry * Working to Protect More Land * Copperbelly Water Snake Conservation Agreement Signed * Flood of ’97 Drowns 3,000 Victims

pdf

* Emilie Strong Smith: A Lesson on Giving * Hi Lewis Pine Barrens Dedicated as Kentucky’s 36th Nature Preserve * Land Acquisition Update * Kentucky’s History Is Written on the Land * Classification and Inventory of Natural Communities * Stewardship News and Views

pdf

* Palisades State Nature Preserves * September Commission Meeting Very Active! * Land Acquisition Update * Eastview Barrens Dedicated as Kentucky’s 37th SNP * Commission Approves Preserve Design Policy * Clara Wheatley Fills Vacant KSNPC Commissioner Position

pdf

* The Kentucky Natural Areas Inventory * Heritage Land Conservation Fund Makes First Grants * Preserve Spotlight: Bat Cave & Cascade Caverns SNP * Short’s Goldenrod: A Plant with a Past * Which Way Did They Go?

pdf

* KSNPC Celebrates 20th Anniversary * New Preserves Dedicated * Stewardship Program New Staff Profiles * Rediscovery of the Western Sand Darter

pdf

* Those Beautiful Lady’s Slippers * Land Acquisition and Dedication Report * New Faces at KSNPC * Preserve Spotlight: Up From the Ashes – Restoration of Raymond Athey Barrens SNP * Caddisflies: Weavers of Silk

pdf

* Hi Lewis Pine Barrens, Another Unique Area on Pine Mountain * In Memoriam: Dr. Robert Russell Starr * Unwelcome Company * Kentucky Breeding Bird Atlas Completed

pdf

* Freshwater Mussels of the Licking River Drainage * KSNPC Staff Updates * KSNPC Makes Strides Towards Seven Goals * Blanton Forest Update * Preserve Spotlight: Boone County Cliffs SNP * Stewardship News and Views

pdf

* KSNPC Part of Prescribed Burning Workshop * Dragonhunter Alert * How KSNPC Selects Natural Areas for Protection * Earth Day and Everyday—The Time Has Come To… * Stewardship News and Views

pdf

* Species Focus: Kentucky’s Bats * Woodburn Glade * Staff Update * Kentucky River Locks and Dams Inventory Conducted * Nature Preserves Designated as Watchable Wildlife Sites

pdf

* Blanton Forest Acquisition * Daniel Boone National Forest: Ten Year Plan for Revision * Staff Update

pdf

* Preserve Spotlight: Kingdom Come SPNP * All In a Day’s Work * New Discoveries of Federally Endangered &Threatened Species * Stream Adventures: In Search of Blackside Dace * Volunteer News

pdf

* KSNPC Moves to New Location * Natural Areas Registry Program: An Update * Data Services Brochure * Preserve Spotlight: Jesse Stuart SNP * General Assembly Very Good to KSNPC * Winter Storms Means Spring Cleaning

pdf

* KSNPC Receives Two Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards * Blanton Forest - Exploring Kentucky’s Largest Old-Growth Forest * Glade Cress: A Tiny Survivor * Kentucky Outlook 2000: Defining Kentucky’s Next-Century Needs * Freshwater Mussels Declines in the Cumberland River at the Falls * Preserve Spotlight: Beargrass Creek SNP

pdf

* KSNPC Has a New Director * Status of KSNPC * Kentucky's State Natural Area Registry Program: A Story of Success * KSNPC Rare Plant Discoveries of 1992 * Volunteer News * Welcome Ellis

pdf

* Commission Conducts Rare Species Inventory at Fort Knox * Kentucky Breeding Bird Atlas Update * Preserve Spotlight: Pilot Knob SNP * Stewardship - More Than Meets the Eye * Natural Areas Registry Program: An Update

pdf

* Alligator Gar: It Rubbed Scales with the Dinosaurs * Welcome to Julia and Steve! * Volunteer News * Preserve Spotlight: Metropolis Lake SNP * KAEE Conference at Blackacre * What is The KSNPC Fund?

pdf

* Mr. & Mrs. Wigglesworth Donate Land * Preserve System Grows * Volunteers in Action * Jackson Purchase Inventory Complete * KY Mussels: Going, Going... * Bad Branch Management Plan * Kris Snyder Joins the Staff * Acquisition of Goodrum Cave

pdf

* Congratulations, Mr. Hannan... * Volunteers in Action * Kentucky's Rare Flora: The Art of Status Assessment * State Nature Preserve Systems Continues to Grow

pdf

* Sorry, You're Too Late * Commission Host Heritage Conference * New Preserve Dedicated * Volunteers in Action * Breeding Bird Atlas Flying High! * Glade Cress Endangered * Natural Heritage * Rare Plant Studies

pdf

* Howard Raymond Athey 1914 - 1991 * Volunteers in Action * Commission Acquisition of Chaney Lake Final * New Rare Species List * New Commission Staff Members

pdf

* Westward Ho! * Celebrating 20 Years of Global Stewardship * Natural Areas Inventory: The First Results * Mussels and Important Park of Heritage Program

pdf

* A Greeting and Introduction to KSNPC * Volunteers Are Vital! * List of State Nature Preserves * Discovery! Running Buffalo Clover

Species and Natural Community Reports
Title	Date	Description
Kentucky Rare Plant List	September 2022	A list of endangered, threatened, special concern, commercially exploited, historic and extirpated plants monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program. The list was updated by OKNP and the 2022 Kentucky Rare Plant Committee. It includes vascular plants, non-vascular plants (bryophytes), and lichens. It is organized alphabetically by scientific name within those major plant groups. Each taxon is listed with its scientific name, common name, state status, state rank, global rank, and federal status.
Inventory of High-Quality Pollinator Habitat and Rare Plants Along Kentucky's Highways 2020-2024	May 2025	Inventory of High-Quality Pollinator Habitat and Rare Plants Along Kentucky's Highways 2020-2024
Rare Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky	July 2019	A list of endangered, threatened, and special concern plants, animals, and natural communities monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism. A separate report listed below details Kentucky's extirpated species and natural communities.
Extirpated Species and Natural Communities of Kentucky	July 2019	A listing of Kentucky's extirpated plants, animals, and natural communities sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism.
Federally Listed Species, Proposed Listings & Candidates	May 2019	U.S. Fish and Wildlife list of species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered, proposed for listing, or candidates for listing in Kentucky.
Monitored Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky with Habitat & Numbers of Occurrences by EO Rank	December_2015	Similar to the Monitored & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky report, except this report also includes a general description of the preferred habitat of the species, if known, and the number of occurrences on record in our database by element occurrences (EO) rank.
Rare & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky	May 2012	A listing of rare species monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism.
Rare & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky (abridged KAS)	December_2010	Abridged version of KSNPC’s list published in the Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science.

Species and Natural Community Reports

Title

Date

Description

Kentucky Rare Plant List

September 2022

A list of endangered, threatened, special concern, commercially exploited, historic and extirpated plants monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program. The list was updated by OKNP and the 2022 Kentucky Rare Plant Committee. It includes vascular plants, non-vascular plants (bryophytes), and lichens. It is organized alphabetically by scientific name within those major plant groups. Each taxon is listed with its scientific name, common name, state status, state rank, global rank, and federal status.

Inventory of High-Quality Pollinator Habitat and Rare Plants Along Kentucky's Highways 2020-2024

May 2025

Inventory of High-Quality Pollinator Habitat and Rare Plants Along Kentucky's Highways 2020-2024

Rare Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky

July 2019

A list of endangered, threatened, and special concern plants, animals, and natural communities monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism. A separate report listed below details Kentucky's extirpated species and natural communities.

Extirpated Species and Natural Communities of Kentucky

July 2019

A listing of Kentucky's extirpated plants, animals, and natural communities sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism.

Federally Listed Species, Proposed Listings & Candidates

May 2019

U.S. Fish and Wildlife list of species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered, proposed for listing, or candidates for listing in Kentucky.

Monitored Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky with Habitat & Numbers of Occurrences by EO Rank

December_2015

Similar to the Monitored & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky report, except this report also includes a general description of the preferred habitat of the species, if known, and the number of occurrences on record in our database by element occurrences (EO) rank.

Rare & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky

May 2012

A listing of rare species monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism.

Rare & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky (abridged KAS)

December_2010

Abridged version of KSNPC’s list published in the Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science.

Agency Reports
Report Name	Year	Report Type
2025 KHLCF Annual Report	2025	KHLCF Annual Report
KHLCF Annual Report 2024	2024	KHLCF Annual Report
OKNP Biennial Report 2024	2024	KNP Biennial Report
KNP/KHLCF/Rare Plant Report 2022	2022	Rare Plant Legislation Report
KNP KHLCF 2021 Annual Report	2021	KHLCF Annual Report
KNP KHLCF 2020 Annual Report	2020	KHLCF Annual Report
KNP KHLCF 2019 Annual Report	2019	KHLCF Annual Report
KNP/KHLCF/Rare Plant Reports 2018	2018	Rare Plant Legislation Report
KHLCF 2017 Annual Report	2017	KHLCF Annual Report
KHLCF 2016 Annual Report	2016	KHLCF Annual Report
KNP 2016 Annual Report	2016	KNP Biennial Report
KHLCF 2015 Annual Report	2015	KHLCF Annual Report
KNP 2015 Executive Summary of Biennial Report	2015	KNP Biennial Report
KHLCF 2014 Annual Report	2014	KHLCF Annual Report
KHLCF 2013 Annual Report	2013	KHLCF Annual Report
KHLCF 2012 Annual Report	2012	KHLCF Annual Report
KHLCF 2011 Annual Report	2011	KHLCF Annual Report
KNP 2011 Annual Report	2011	KNP Biennial Report
KNP Rare Plant Report 2010	2010	Rare Plant Legislation Report
KNP 2009 Biennial Report	2009	KNP Biennial Report
KNP 2007 Biennial Report	2007	KNP Biennial Report
KNP Rare Plant Report 2006	2006	Rare Plant Legislation Report
KNP 2005 Biennial Report	2005	KNP Biennial Report
KNP 2003 Biennial Report	2003	KNP Biennial Report
KNP Rare Plant Report 2002	2002	Rare Plant Legislation Report

Agency Reports

Report Name

Year

Report Type

2025 KHLCF Annual Report

2025

KHLCF Annual Report

KHLCF Annual Report 2024

2024

KHLCF Annual Report

OKNP Biennial Report 2024

2024

KNP Biennial Report

KNP/KHLCF/Rare Plant Report 2022

2022

Rare Plant Legislation Report

KNP KHLCF 2021 Annual Report

2021

KHLCF Annual Report

KNP KHLCF 2020 Annual Report

2020

KHLCF Annual Report

KNP KHLCF 2019 Annual Report

2019

KHLCF Annual Report

KNP/KHLCF/Rare Plant Reports 2018

2018

Rare Plant Legislation Report

KHLCF 2017 Annual Report

2017

KHLCF Annual Report

KHLCF 2016 Annual Report

2016

KHLCF Annual Report

KNP 2016 Annual Report

2016

KNP Biennial Report

KHLCF 2015 Annual Report

2015

KHLCF Annual Report

KNP 2015 Executive Summary of Biennial Report

2015

KNP Biennial Report

KHLCF 2014 Annual Report

2014

KHLCF Annual Report

KHLCF 2013 Annual Report

2013

KHLCF Annual Report

KHLCF 2012 Annual Report

2012

KHLCF Annual Report

KHLCF 2011 Annual Report

2011

KHLCF Annual Report

KNP 2011 Annual Report

2011

KNP Biennial Report

KNP Rare Plant Report 2010

2010

Rare Plant Legislation Report

KNP 2009 Biennial Report

2009

KNP Biennial Report

KNP 2007 Biennial Report

2007

KNP Biennial Report

KNP Rare Plant Report 2006

2006

Rare Plant Legislation Report

KNP 2005 Biennial Report

2005

KNP Biennial Report

KNP 2003 Biennial Report

2003

KNP Biennial Report

KNP Rare Plant Report 2002

2002

Rare Plant Legislation Report

Species and Natural Community Reports
Title	Date	Description
Kentucky Rare Plant List	September 2022	A list of endangered, threatened, special concern, commercially exploited, historic and extirpated plants monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program. The list was updated by OKNP and the 2022 Kentucky Rare Plant Committee. It includes vascular plants, non-vascular plants (bryophytes), and lichens. It is organized alphabetically by scientific name within those major plant groups. Each taxon is listed with its scientific name, common name, state status, state rank, global rank, and federal status.
Inventory of High-Quality Pollinator Habitat and Rare Plants Along Kentucky's Highways 2020-2024	May 2025	Inventory of High-Quality Pollinator Habitat and Rare Plants Along Kentucky's Highways 2020-2024
Rare Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky	July 2019	A list of endangered, threatened, and special concern plants, animals, and natural communities monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism. A separate report listed below details Kentucky's extirpated species and natural communities.
Extirpated Species and Natural Communities of Kentucky	July 2019	A listing of Kentucky's extirpated plants, animals, and natural communities sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism.
Federally Listed Species, Proposed Listings & Candidates	May 2019	U.S. Fish and Wildlife list of species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered, proposed for listing, or candidates for listing in Kentucky.
Monitored Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky with Habitat & Numbers of Occurrences by EO Rank	December_2015	Similar to the Monitored & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky report, except this report also includes a general description of the preferred habitat of the species, if known, and the number of occurrences on record in our database by element occurrences (EO) rank.
Rare & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky	May 2012	A listing of rare species monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism.
Rare & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky (abridged KAS)	December_2010	Abridged version of KSNPC’s list published in the Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science.

Species and Natural Community Reports

Title

Date

Description

Kentucky Rare Plant List

September 2022

Inventory of High-Quality Pollinator Habitat and Rare Plants Along Kentucky's Highways 2020-2024

May 2025

Inventory of High-Quality Pollinator Habitat and Rare Plants Along Kentucky's Highways 2020-2024

Rare Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky

July 2019

Extirpated Species and Natural Communities of Kentucky

July 2019

A listing of Kentucky's extirpated plants, animals, and natural communities sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism.

Federally Listed Species, Proposed Listings & Candidates

May 2019

U.S. Fish and Wildlife list of species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered, proposed for listing, or candidates for listing in Kentucky.

Monitored Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky with Habitat & Numbers of Occurrences by EO Rank

December_2015

Rare & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky

May 2012

A listing of rare species monitored by the Kentucky Natural Heritage Program sorted by organism type and listing the scientific name, common name, state status and federal status of the organism.

Rare & Extirpated Species & Natural Communities of Kentucky (abridged KAS)

December_2010

Abridged version of KSNPC’s list published in the Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science.

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