land management – Land Between the Lakes

26 Aug 2016

Update on Fox Hollow Scoping Letter

Fox Hollow Collaborative, Natural Resource Management, Stewardshipcollaboration, Fox Hollow, Kentucky, land between the lakes, land management, project, tennessee

Dear Interested Party, We received some questions about the scoping letter for Fox Hollow Project dated August 22, 2016. Many of you expected more detail to be provided. We will provide more information as it becomes available. As part of the collaboration case study on Fox Hollow we want to involve you earlier in the process so we can consider your ideas and concerns before the project is firmly defined. Therefore, we do not have all the detail you are used to seeing at the scoping phase of a project. We posted the information we do know about Fox Hollow…

01 Jul 2016

By LBL_Admin

Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area Fox Hollow Public Meeting Thursday, June 23, 2016

Community, Fox Hollow Collaborativecollaboration, collaborative meetings, Fox Hollow, Kentucky, land between the lakes, land management, natural resources, project, public input, public meeting, tennessee

The following contains meeting notes captured during the Fox Hollow public meeting on Thursday, June 23, 2016. The Fox Hollow meeting convened at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at the Forest Service Administrative Office located at 100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, KY 42211. The meeting was open to the public: Twelve members of the public and six Forest Service employees were in attendance. Forest Service Staff present Tina Tilley, Area Supervisor John Westbrook, Environmental Stewardship Department Manager Barbara Wysock, Area Planner Jan Bush, Communications Department Manager Josh Frye, Public Affairs Specialist Christine Bombard, Executive Assistant Introduction Tina…

01 Jul 2016

By LBL_Admin

Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area Fox Hollow Public Meeting Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Community, Fox Hollow Collaborativecollaborate, collaborative, Fox Hollow, Kentucky, land between the lakes, land management, nature resources, project, public, public input, tennessee

The following contains meeting notes captured during the Fox Hollow public meeting on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. The Fox Hollow meeting convened at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at the Forest Service Administrative Office located at 100 Van Morgan Drive, Golden Pond, KY 42211. The meeting was open to the public: Sixteen members of the public and six Forest Service employees were in attendance. Forest Service Staff present: Tina Tilley, Area Supervisor John Westbrook, Environmental Stewardship Department Manager Barbara Wysock, Area Planner Jared Baker, Budget Officer Josh Frye, Public Affairs Specialist Christine Bombard, Executive Assistant Introduction Tina Tilley opened…

30 Mar 2016

By LBL_Admin

Buffalo Trail Prescribed Fire

Environmental Education, Fire, Hunting, Natural Resource Management, Recreation, Restoration, Stewardship, Wildlifeburn, fire, habitat, Kentucky, land between the lakes, land management, prescribed, resource management, tennessee, wildlife

After a four-month delay, conditions were just right on Monday, March 28 for us to begin our prescribed burn. A moderate East to West wind gently blew into the forest and across the open lands. Humidity, temperature, and atmospheric conditions in the target area were optimal. The Bison Trail was our burn block for the day. Dozens of Forest Service employees, students, and volunteers from multiple organizations and agencies gathered at Land Between the Lakes’ well-equipped fire cache for a briefing. Leadership, old and new, laid out the plan. If everything went well, we would set alight almost 2,530 acres of the burn…

28 Jan 2016

By LBL_Admin

New 2012 Planning Rule Monitoring Requirements

Planning, StewardshipArea Plan, Kentucky, land between the lakes, land management, monitoring, open lands, planning rule, resource management, tennessee, wildlife

The new Forest Service 2012 Planning Rule requires all forests to update their monitoring programs. Information on the monitoring requirements in the new Planning Rule and proposed changes as to the monitoring program in the Land Between The Lakes can be found through the following links: Administrative Change Administrative Change Cover Letter Administrative Change 2016 Public Involvement Public Involvement Summary Interdisciplinary Team Response to Comments Request For Comments Letter 2012 Planning Rule Monitoring Transition Technical Background Document Other Related Documents Technical Background Document Supplemental Background Document Planning Framework Handout-PDF for printing Planning Framework Handout-For reading online Draft Transition Monitoring Table…

07 Jan 2016

By LBL_Admin

Land Management, Recreation, and Funding

Funding, Natural Resource Management, Questions from the Publicbudget, funding, Kentucky, land between the lakes, land management, revenue, tennessee, timber, vegetation

Has the budget for campgrounds, and facilities such as Nature Station and Homeplace been effected by costs of land management such as logging? Has spending on these areas increased or decreased over the past 10 years? Summary The budget for campgrounds and facilities stands independent of the budget for vegetation management, such as timber sale preparation and administration. As a result of that, recreation and facilities funding have not been affected. As with all National Forest’s budget in recreation and facilities, over the past 10 years there has been an overall decline in appropriations. For the Land Between The Lakes,…

06 Jan 2016

By LBL_Admin

How Land Management Affects Outdoor Recreation

Natural Resource Management, Questions from the Public, Roadsdiversity, fire, forest health, Forest Service, habitat, heritage, Kentucky, land between the lakes, land management, logging, native, plants, public involvement, recreation, roads, tennessee, timber, wildlife

How are proposed land management practices including logging, expected or anticipated to affect Land Between The Lakes' core mission of environmental education and recreation? Positives and negatives? Summary Timber management activities create opportunities for wildlife viewing. The timber sale activities help with road maintenance, thus allowing for dispersed recreation opportunities such as hunting. With improved wildlife habitat conditions, the opportunity to utilize environmental education into the role of land management is increased. Restricting or eliminating the use of timber sales as a tool for land management could be perceived as having positive impact on visuals and noise. Why Land Management?…

15 Dec 2015

By LBL_Admin

Cost for managing an oak-grassland habitat

Elk & Bison Prairie, Funding, Natural Resource Management, Questions from the Public, Restoration, Wildlifehabitat, land management, wildlife

What is the anticipated costs and what is currently budgeted for maintenance of the existing '8600' acres of savanna/grass lands? Accounting data for the costs of this project (8,600)? We project out our costs for programs such as timber and fire then submit a request for funding annually. This is done as one budget item. We do not break it down into such detail. As land managers we take into account our areas that need treatments and plan for those areas several years in advance. You can find more information about where we spend our funds in one of our…

22 Nov 2015

By LBL_Admin

What land management practices and goals can be utilized with minimal public resistance?

Natural Resource Management, Questions from the Publiccollaboration, engage, Kentucky, land between the lakes, land management, practices, public, tennessee

What land management practices and goals can be utilized with minimal public resistance? The staff at Land Between The Lakes is committed to working collaboratively with members of the public on land management activities. This will involve engaging the public early and often before proposals are developed. This process allows the Forest Service to share potential management actions to be considered based on existing conditions on the ground. A collaborative process involves a two way conversation. It will allow the Forest Service to better understand the concerns of the public and address those concerns during the development of a proposal.…

19 Nov 2015

By LBL_Admin

What land management practices do you anticipate suspending in light of public concerns? Pisgah Project? How long will these practices be suspended?

Natural Resource Management, Questions from the PublicForest Service, involvement, Kentucky, land between the lakes, land management, pisgah, projects, public, tennessee, timber, volunteer

What land management practices do you anticipate suspending in light of public concerns? Pisgah Project? How long will these practices be suspended? The Pisgah Bay project has been cancelled as proposed. The Forest Service will be moving forward with public involvement on some of the infrastructure related projects within the proposal. Some of the projects being considered include: Replacing culverts, while improving conditions on approximately 31.7 miles of Forest Service roads; Rerouting of approximately 2.7 miles of the North/South Trail to stop degradation of the landscape; and Incorporating road access to a backcountry campsite area. Currently there are two timber…

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